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1836ST14728eLondon 1836-50. Various editions. 224 x 137 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". 16 volumes. <br/> FINE CONTEMPORARY FULL CALF MOST EITHER TREE OR POLISHED CALF see below raised bands spines intricately gilt in compartments morocco labels marbled endpapers and edges. Some works with frontispiece portraits. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt see below. A LOVELY COLLECTION--WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE.<br/> <br/> Handsomely bound with beautifully gilt spines and just about uniform in size these volumes make an impressive appearance on the shelf. The six titles here include:<br /> <br /> 1 DE SAUMAREZ JAMES. ROSS JOHN. "MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF ADMIRAL LORD DE SAUMAREZ." 1838 Two volumes. Polished calf.<br /> <br /> 2 ELDON JOHN LORD CHANCELLOR. TWISS HORACE. "THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON." 1844 Three volumes. Polished calf. <br /> <br /> 3 HORNER FRANCIS. "MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF FRANCIS HORNER M. P." 1843 Two volumes. Tree calf.<br /> <br /> 4 STANHOPE PHILIP DORMER. "THE LETTERS OF PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD." 1845; 1853 Five volumes. Tree calf.<br /> <br /> 5 TAYLOR WILLIAM. "THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE LATE WILLIAM TAYLOR OF NORWICH." 1843 Two volumes. Tree calf. <br /> <br /> 6 WARD ROBERT PLUMER. PHIPPS EDMUND. "MEMOIRS OF THE POLITICAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF ROBERT PLUMER WARD ESQ." 1850 Two volumes. Polished calf. <br /> <br /> The bookplate here is that of notable bibliophile and barrister Edward Nicholas Hurt 1795-1867 of Derbyshire and Marylebone London. He married Caroline Strutt daughter of the immensely wealthy philanthropist and social reformer Joseph Strutt 1765-1844 who was twice Mayor of Derby. As the Strutt arms are incorporated into the escutcheon of Hurt's ornate bookplate the plate can be dated to no earlier than their wedding in 1828. unknown
189471028Washington: United States Geological Survey 1894-1900. First edition of all seven folios. 21 2/4 x 18 1/2 inches each. Folio 3 Placerville. 3 maps. 1894. Folio 5 Sacramento. 2 maps. 1894. Folio 29 Nevada City Special. 9 maps. 1896. Folio 41 Sonora. 4 maps. 14x4" portion of rear wrapper torn off affecting lettering on inside rear wrapper; plates and text fine. 1897. Folio 51 Big Trees. 3 maps & 1 plate reproducing 5 photographs. 1898. Folio 63 Mother Lode District. 8 maps. 1900. Folio 66 Colfax. 3 maps. 1900. All in original printed wrappers and cloth spines. Cursive stamp of Chas. S. Sawyer to each volume. Bit of soiling ad corner wear but altogether a very good collection of this attractive group of atlases. United States Geological Survey hardcover
1851320912San Francisco: Joseph W. Gregory 1851. 20 blank leaves. 24mo. Original dark purple wrappers printed in gilt. Minor ink stains on inner wrappers otherwise a near fine copy with the original unused plain paper envelope. 20 blank leaves. 24mo. A lovely example of an unused Gold Rush letter book intended to advertise Joseph Gregory's California and New York Express Line by means of a convenient way for gold seekers in California to communicate with friends and family back home. According to the wrapper "this book is made of the finest letter paper and of the size of a folded letter which with an envelope will not exceed the weight of a single letter and is more convenient than paper in sheets Joseph W. Gregory unknown
184874990New York: Munn & Co. 1848-49. The entire fourth volume Nos. 1-52. Folio 11 x 15 inches. 419 pp with an index at the rear. Illustrated throughout. Each number is 8 pp. Full contemporary sheepskin with green morocco gilt lettering label. Leather a bit dry some scattered foxing and toning as to be expected. Overall a very good copy.Chiefly of interest for the many references to the Gold Rush in California. The first printed announcement of the famous discovery at Sutter's Mill was published in March of 1848 in Sam Brannan's San Francisco newspaper The Californian. The news was first announced in an East Coast newspaper the New York Herald on August 19th 1848. Issue No. 1 of Vol. 4 is dated September 23 1848 and we find an article about the Gold Rush on the second page. The header is Gold Gold and it gives an early report of about six months after the event “of the discovery of an immense bed of gold one hundred miles in extent on the American Fork and Feather riversâ€."The Golden Land" found in No. 13 states - "A short time ago the most flattering accounts were received in this city from California about the mountains of gold and the valleys flowing with silver. Some believed it was a joke while others believed it to be a ‘hue and cry’ for some speculative purpose and to the latter implication we must plead guilty. We believed that the accounts received here a short time ago about vessels being deserted by their crews and houses by their inhabitants who had proceeded to the El Dorado valley were all a hoax or something worse. But it seems after all that Madam Rumor sometimes tells true tales. The golden hills of California it seems are not imaginary elevations but bona fide treasure houses.â€In "Gold and Gold Washings" in No. 15 we read that the Gold Rush extends to both side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and as far south as the headwaters of the San Joaquin River; an area 100 miles wide and 400 miles long. There are numerous other articles about the gold rush gold mining equipment and many other aspects of the 49er Gold Rush. Munn & Co. hardcover
181198077Catskill NY: Printed by M. Croswell for John Shaw Book-seller and Book-binder 1811. 1811. Fair. RARE MACKAY CROSWELL CATSKILL NEW YORK IMPRINT - Octavo 6-10/16 inches high by 4-2/16 inches wide. Hardcover bound in original marbled paper covered boards backed with a tan calf spine titled "American Revolution" in gilt on the spine. The covers are heavily rubbed and chipped and the front cover is detached. Pages i-xii 1 and pages 14-264. There is evidence of early worming to the top front corner of the first 2 leaves. There is some scattered foxing and staining throughout with occasional pencil annotations. An internally good copy of this rare imprint. <p>RARE CATSKILL NEW YORK IMPRINT.<p>Although for many years attributed to the Reverend William Cooper see Howes C-761 modern scholarship has identified the author as being Richard Johnson 1733 or 1734-1793 He wrote the text for Elizabeth Newbery who published the first edition in 1789. M.J.P. Weedon "Richard Johnson and the Successors to John Newbery" The Library 1949 pp. 25-63. Richard Johnson also wrote an adaptation for children of several stories of the "Thousand and one nights" under the pseudonym Reverend J. Cooper. It appeared under the title "The Oriental moralist or the beauties of the Arabian nights entertainments" accompanied with suitable reflections adapted to each story in 1790.<p>Mackay Croswell 1765-1847 was an important early printer in the Hudson Valley who started the first Catskill New York newspaper "The Catskill Packet" in 1792. Together with his brother Thomas he opened a book and print shop in Catskill in 1790. Mackay was soon joined in the the business of journalism by his brother Harry Croswell. In 1800 the paper was renamed "The Western Constellation" in 1800 and was co-edited by Mackay and Harry. For a brief period the brothers mentored a well-known future journalist Thurlow Weed who worked in their print shop. Catskill, [NY]: Printed by M. Croswell, for John Shaw, Book-seller, and Book-binder, 1811. hardcover
181754153Frankfurt am Main: In der Andreäischen Buchhandlung 1817. 8vo 20x12 cm. Contemporary boards; spine with morocco title-label; boards covered with marbled paper top spine damaged; first hinge marbled paper teared. Page iii-xvi half-title missing 414 pp.Paper age-toned and with some light-brown spots; 2 different convent-stamps Jesuits and 1 convent-label Jesuits on endpapers 1 stamp repeated on title. - From the contents: "Von Katholiken errichteten Monumente" "Haben Sie ihre eigenen Materialien dazu verwendet" "Waren diese Männer auch noch Katholiken" & 6 "Anhänge". - Schoolprize in handwriting on first endpaper for "Winandus van Ham ex Grave N.Br. the Netherlands Moguntia 1826". - Interesting copy with 2 plates: woodcuts with grotesque monsters broadsides see the first pulbished 1523 of Lutherean caricature: 1 "Der Bapstesel zu Rom" Pope and "Das Munchkalb zu freyberg" Monk-calf. - Copies with the 2 woodcuts extremely rare. In der Andreäischen Buchhandlung hardcover
18721012<b>GOLD MINES</b> ORTON James: <i>UNDERGROUND TREASURES: How and Where to Find Them. A Key for the ready determination of all the useful minerals within the United States</i>. Hartford Conn: Worthington Dustin 1872. Six page illustrations including an illuminated gold nugget California on its pictorial half-title. 8vo 137pp; original cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial title on front cover gilt-lettered spine. <br />First edition an early introduction to mining and mineralogy for the non-specialist to discover precious value in rocks with ways for testing diamonds gold silver copper lead and iron with final chapters on discoveries in California and Nevada. Worthington Dustin, hardcover
1852ST20768London: Simpkin & Marshall 1852. FIRST EDITION. 153 x 102 mm. 6 x 4". 64 pp. <br/> Publisher's deluxe red pebble-grain morocco gilt covers with graceful Romantic-style frame central panel of upper cover with gilt lettering that of lower cover with gilt ornament spine blind-stamped to resemble raised bands panels with gilt ornament gilt turn-ins pale yellow endpapers all edges gilt. With title page vignette frontispiece portrait of Wellington and three full-page engravings of battles. Printed entirely in gilt on "enamel" gloss paper. Front free endpaper with faint pencilled signature. Binding very slightly soiled joints and extremities a little rubbed trivial soiling to front endpapers otherwise quite a fine copy the text entirely clean fresh and bright with sparkling gold.<br/> <br/> This now-scarce luxuriously produced little volume celebrates the life and military achievements of Arthur Wellesley Field Marshall and 1st Duke of Wellington perhaps the most widely admired Briton of the 19th century--and does so in glittering fashion. The key facts of Wellington's life and the decisive battles of his storied career are related here in sparkling gold text and images on alabaster white pages. Poet laureate Tennyson's funerary ode described Wellington 1769-1852 as "the last great Englishman" and his death evoked great mourning in response to his life of public service. DNB notes that his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo crushing the emperor's ambition for European dominance put him in a class of his own: "No man certainly no Briton had ever been in such a situation before in Europe the object of universal hero-worship and gratitude." Wellington was particularly notable among senior military officers for his determination to lead his troops on the frontline in battle. The three battles depicted in the illustrations here attest to this: in "The Battle of Assaye" we see him on horseback two horses were shot from under him during the conflict wielding his sword as he bears down on enemy cannon. At the "Battle of Vittoria" he is shown leading the infantry to face the enemy with bayonet fixed. And in the decisive "Battle of Waterloo" scene he is once again with the cavalry wheeling to attack the advancing French. The frontispiece shows Wellington astride his famed horse Copenhagen who was his mount at Waterloo. Our volume concludes with a chronology of principal events in the duke's life. It is notable that such a handsome memorial work was produced so quickly after Wellington's sudden death on 14 September 1852: a contemporary ad in Bent's Literary Advertiser notes our title was published on 15 November three days before Wellington's state funeral on the 18th. Copies of this work are rare: we could trace no auction sales and OCLC records only seven copies just one in North America. Simpkin & Marshall unknown
184974700Boston 1849. Original stampless ms. letter from agent E. P. Pratt to Company Secretary Guy. R. Phelps. The letter on typical blue paper is dated March 13 1849 and concerns policies on two very well known California '49ers; Augustus Elliott and John Webber Jr. Red circular date stamp on verso of March 14. Some age blurring but still extremely legible.Much of the letter concerns a plea for multiple copies of the company's Annual Report but at the top we read - Augustus Elliot ins'd by Policy No. 2660 goes to Calif in Barque Sangrange. At the end of the letter just prior to the salutations we read - John Webber Jr. ins'd by Pol. No. 1401 is going to California overland and wants a Permit; he is in a hurry for it as he starts shortly."A year after Elliott reached California he organized his Atlantic and Pacific Express Company to carry mail and packages between the east and west coasts of America personally accompanying each shipment by steamer across the Isthmus from San Francisco to New York and back again a “superior advantage†especially for those who wished to send gold dust to eastern banks. Offering such illustrious references as the US Senators from Massachusetts and the first federal official in San Francisco he soon added the service of assisting emigrant families to make the trip “on most favorable termsâ€. This was more than a year before Henry Wells organized the Wells Fargo Company to extend his eastern Express service to California.Unlike Elliott who soon sailed for the Isthmus of Panama Captain John Webber Jr. a heroic veteran of the Mexican-American War was selected to lead the 50 men of the “California Mutual Protection Association†overland to the Gold Fields. Well-equipped with a dozen other military veterans in uniform four musicians “two black servants and six dogs†they left Boston on March 19 a week after this letter was written their six month journey on the Oregon Trail recorded in a diary now held by the Bancroft Library. By the time Webber – portrayed as a U.S.Grant-type soldier in the Discovery Channel dramatization “Gold Fever†– reached Utah on July 31 only four of his group remained. They did not reach Sacramento until September"B. McMakin. unknown
1851101023London: Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association ca. 1851. Oblong 8vo 6-1/2 x 9 inches printed on light blue onionskin paper scalloped left edge with ms insertions and authorizing signatures of Secretary and two committee members description of the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association printed on verso; light creasing Evidence of London investment in the California Gold Rush 9 certificates 7 for 5 shares each and 2 for 10 shares each of the London-based Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association. A total of 50000 shares were issued at £1 each. The company held half the rights to the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine in the Mariposa District California which was worked under a lease with the owner of the other half. Today the Ave Maria River is known as the Stockton Creek. Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association unknown
1851101024Paris ca. 1851. Oblong 8vo 6-1/2 x 10 inches text in French and English printed in black and red on onionskin paper with ms insertions ink stamp and authorizing signatures of the Director London agent and committee member; light creasing Evidence of French investment in the California Gild Rush a collection of 9 shares certificates each certificate for 5 shares of 25 francs each unknown
1818369192Calcutta: Printed by Philip Pereira at the Hindoostanee Press 1818. Text in Persian in double columns. Title pages in Persian and English. Preliminaries in English with list of subscribers and Persian. 4 vi 10 4 subscribers; 1090 12 12 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary tan calf spine extra gilt boards with quadruple fillet border. Bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley. Front joint repaired. Nice copy of a key work. Text in Persian in double columns. Title pages in Persian and English. Preliminaries in English with list of subscribers and Persian. 4 vi 10 4 subscribers; 1090 12 12 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Thomas Roebuck was a captain in the Madras Native Infantry and teacher of Hindustani Persian Arabic and other languages at the East India Company College of Fort William which subscribed for 40 copies of this dictionary. This copy with the bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley 1770-1844 British ambassador to Persia who negotiated the Gulistan treaty between Russia and Persia which ceded to the Russians a first foothold in the Caucasus; his brother William 1767-1842 was a noted Orientalist.<br /> <br /> A monumental accomplishment of the early Calcutta press and the standard nineteenth-century dictionary.<br /> <br /> UNCOMMON AND WITH OUTSTANDING PROVENANCE. OCLC: 7538099 5 locations Printed by Philip Pereira, at the Hindoostanee Press unknown
189842363Philadelphia The Society No date 1898. paperback. 18981st separate edition single fold pamphlet 4 pages 12mo. Not in Singerman though Robert Singerman himself suggested to us that the text "seems to be a match for the text in the first volume of the American Jewish Year Book 1899/1900 at pp.294-97. <br> Our item does not include any pagination and we would consider it to be a first separate edition. The item not listed in any database we were able to consult. <br> Advertising pamphlet listing imprints of the newly formed Jewish Publication Society including their first "Outlines of Jewish History" by Lady Magnus 1890 through Zangwill’s Dreamers of the Ghetto 1898 which is indicated as “Sold to Members only†probably indicating that it had just come out or perhaps related to copyright issues with Zangwill. Notably absent is any mention of the American Jewish Yearbook which began publication in 1899. All items include a short positive review from the American press. <br> The Jewish Publication Society of America was founded for "’the publication and dissemination of literary scientific and religious works giving instruction in the principles of the Jewish religion’; the third of its kind in the United States see Jew. Encyc. i. 519. Its headquarters are at Philadelphia. It was founded June 3 1888 at a convention held in Philadelphia. <br> At the end of the first fiscal year the membership was 1071; by 1903 it had reached 4700. Every member of the society receives a copy of each publication; since the society has been in existence over two hundred thousand volumes have been distributed and sold. The society is supported by the income derived from a permanent fund and from membership dues. <br> As a rule four sometimes five publications a year are issued; the first 'Outlines of Jewish History' by Lady Magnus appeared in 1890. The society issues two series a 'Special Series' seven numbers appearing occasionally and including short works of a miscellaneous character and 'The American Jewish Year Book' published since 1899-1900 5660.the society has brought out…translations from German French and Hebrew. They include histories literary religious and ethical essays poems biographies proceedings of societies republications of older classics and fiction†Cyrus Adler & Henrietta Szold in the JE 1905.<br> A copy may exist at the Dobkin Collection of Feminism; otherwise we could not locate a copy in OCLC-Worldcat nor using a google serach. Apparently exceedingly rare as such. Lightly rubbed Very Good Condition B AMR-67-28. Philadelphia, The Society, No date unknown
181517354London: Printed by and for William Darton Jun. 1815 First edition. Original black roan-backed drab boards gilt flat spine. Twelvemo. One engraved plate Several gatherings sprung or partially sprung but a very good tight copy. The orphan Fanny's character" as Osborne notes "exemplified the precept 'amiable manners and a well-regulated mind are the only valuable ornaments.'" The Darton catalogue at the end is quite lenghy listing ninety-five numbered items under books penmanship cards and games and there follow sections for dissected and whole sheet maps dissected puzzles and a concluding entry for "School Books" which concludes " A Quantity of Damaged Books to be Sold Cheap. Printed by and for William Darton, hardcover
182717725<p>London: Henry Colburn 1827 Third edition enlarged of this gardening guidebook that was among the first of its kind written for women by a woman. The second and third editions are significantly expanded from the first edition 1816 which is about half as many pages and contains only two plates. Publisher's rose-colored boards. . Twelvemo. . With six hand-colored aquatint plates including large folding frontispiece 11 x 7 ". Expertly rebacked with printed paper spine label. Wear to corners. A very good unusually bright and wide copy. Maria Elizabetha Jacson 1755 – 1829 was a botanical writer and the daughter of a clergyman who owned land in Derbyshire and Cheshire. Her family had connections to Enlightenment culture in the midlands through Erasmus Darwin and her cousin Sir Brooke Boothby. She also knew Maria Edgeworth who described Jacson as a "gay garden lady" and was undoubtedly an influence on Jacson's work. Jackson took an interest in botany from a young age but did not publish her first book the children's educational volume Botanical Dialogues 1797 until she was in her forties. She later published Botanical Lectures 1804 and Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life 1811 for an adult audience the former book being an introduction to the translation of Linnaeus's System of Vegetables 1783 by Erasmus Darwin. The Florist's Manual was her most popular and influential work.</p> Henry Colburn, hardcover
188523852San Francisco: George Spaulding & Co. General Book and Job Printers 1885. First edition. Paperback. Lacking front wrapper and front blank leaves toning to top of title page text clean and complete. Original wrappers lacking front wrapper 349 pp. 18 pp adverts and inserted litho advert on cardstock at rear engraved illustrations in the text. In protective paper chemise and card slipcase. <br/><br/>Scarce OCLC/Worldcat finds 9 library holdings. Cowan 1933 edition page 240. George Spaulding & Co., General Book and Job Printers paperback
185519819London 1855. Very good overall. Engraved trade advertising letterpress advertising the services of Thomas Beck Wholesale Stationer Engraver Printer Lithographer Die Sinker and Manufacturer of Copying Machines 81 Cheapside Two Doors West of Old Jewry London. A London newspaper advertisement for Thomas Beck Co. appeared in December 1846. With an engraved vignette of dock workers at an English/Australian dock sealing crates marked "Gold" "Tallow" and "Wool" with tall masted ships & a steamship visible in the distance; elaborate engraved borders. Printed on laid paper blank at verso. 4 1/4 x 4 3/4". Slightly marked. unknown
185183020London: John Van Voorst 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 23 x 14.5 cm. Slim octavo. viii 74pp 2 ads. Small stamp on page vii. Complete with 6 lithographs of flies by Paul Jerrard of which 5 are vibrantly hand colored and one that is not in color of other tackle. Bound in original brown cloth. Spine is faded and head and tail of spine are chipped. ~ 8 cm closed tear to front free endpaper. With sections on salmon white trout trout pike grayling sea fly-fishing and lengthy appendix including a section on angling in America. Authorship is unattributed internally but various sources give either Mrs. Hutchinson or Richard Bowden-Smith as the author. Uncommon work. References: Heckscher 1075. Westwood & Satchell p 95. John Van Voorst hardcover
1850List2416Great Britain 1850. Broadside measuring 9 ⅞ x 15 ⅜ inches. Some chipping and wear to edge ink number written in corner two small section of loss due to improper mounting very good overall. Coat of arms of the United Kingdom above printed text. Very Good. A scarce broadside relating to British postal rates across the Panama Route through the Chagres River which supplied mail to California and Oregon beginning in 1848 before eventually being replaced by the Overland route in 1860. The service was characterized by long delay times as steamships on either side of the isthmus were often not coordinated causing major delays in the delivery. Several different steamship companies operated privately some carrying express mail. The letters were transported by canoe or pack animal across the isthmus. Postmaster General Cave Johnson began establishing post offices in California in 1848. Johnson also oversaw the transition to the prepaid delivery system. The broadside here of which we find no other records does state that postage must be prepaid and that the route can be accessed by writing “via New York†on the letters. A scarce postal history item relating to the expansion of mail services to California. We find no other records of this institutionally or in the trade. unknown
1854331498Boston & Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Jewett Proctor and Worthington 1854. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 42pp. Printed green glazed wrappers. Early penciled owner's name splitting and slight erosion at the spine a very good copy. John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor and Worthington unknown
1860List2417Marysville 1860. Marysville 1850s-1860s the bulk mid-1850s. A collection of documents including eleven receipts three manuscript legal documents four manuscript documents relating to land claims; five partially printed documents relating to land claims; two letters from the US Land Office in Marysville 1858 regarding land claims; six billheads from Marysville firms with receipts for a range of goods some illustrated; one letter from Marysville written in 1853 concerning a death in a family. Generally fine condition. Fine. A mini-archive or assemblage of documents relating to the early Euro-American citizens of Marysville and its environs in the 1850s. The population of Marysville grew quickly after the town’s incorporation to 10000 by the mid-1850s due to its strategic location close to the gold fields but the levee system put in place to control flood damage limited the town’s growth beyond this initial phase. The documents here relate to Marysville in this early period of growth and include several quitclaim land deeds as well as illustrated billheads. As a group they offer an ephemeral record of the city in its early period with the legal documents and deeds showing the means with which the area was settled. A well preserved group overall. unknown
1850List1315Britton and Rey 1850. Single sheet measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches on blue wove paper. Small chip to corner not affecting image some older tape repairs verso at margins else fine very good plus overall and quite attractive. Very Good. A series of four illustrations telling the story of a mining party that heads out with a pack mule only to fail to find gold and lose their mule before returning to a new prospect with their clothes in shambles. This is entry 209 in Baird’s California’s Pictorial Letter Sheets in which he sets the publication date as being prior to 1855. The series possibly illustrates scenes from a song. A particularly fine example on the classic blue wove paper of the period. unknown
185944772Weaverville CA 1859. Very good minor creasing along edges and folds minor soiling contents clean. 1 pp. Bifolium. 5 x 8 inches. March 24th 1859. Gold Rush era letter from John Hobart to Trinity County Clerk J.A.Watson resigning from his post in Weaverville California . "I will be obliged to you to tender in my resignation as Road overseer for Rattlesnake Creek Road District to the Board of Supervisors when next they meet as I am doubtfull that circumstance will keep me in that section of the County throughout the summer." <br /> <br /> Weaverville California founded in 1850 was a Gold Rush town and once had a population of nearly 2500 Chinese goldminers. In 1855 the Weaverville Trinity Times called attention " the large and rapidly increasing number of Chinese among us.crowding themselves into every vacant spot they can find." unknown
18524789Mokilomni Hill Ca: April 3 1852. Very good. 2pp. plus integral address leaf. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines minor wear. In a highly legible script. An interesting letter from a disillusioned fortune-seeker in Calaveras County advising his father not to come west as all the easy pickings are gone. He writes "Times are pretty dull here now and as I have been doing nothing for the last two weeks I am getting rather sick of the place. I should leave today but there are some holes going down by some acquaintance of mine & I want to see if they get anything. If they do I shall sink one myself they go from 50 to 60 feet & as they are in a good looking place I have some curiosity to know whether they strike anything or not. If I leave this place I think I shall go south as I hear they have struck some deep diggings in the vicinity of Sonora & think I shall go down that way. I see by the papers that a great many are coming to the country from Boston. I do not know what they all will do here it is not the place here it was two years ago & those who start with the anticipation of finding money easily got here will be badly mistaken. April 3 unknown
18554791Grass Valley Ca: September 17 1855. Very good. 4pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines minor wear. An intimate letter from a gold seeker in Nevada County California. Theodore Shaw writes to his wife about mixed luck in California a terrible fire his concern for their children and his great anxiety about the future. He writes in part: "I have property here that is worth at least $1000 but not a cent in my pocket but we expect to start up to our quartz ledge the day after tomorrow if nothing prevents to errect a mill up there. And now our plans have been nearly frustrated by a most dreadful fire such as I never witnessed. On Thursday last about 11 o'clock p.m. an alarm of fire was heard and by about half past 12 some 350 stores dwellings and buildings were consumed with a large portion of their contents our hotel included. . The entire business part of the town is in ruins.we have been sleeping under an old shed in the suburbs. This fire has injured us in this way several who had taken stock in our company have lost their means still we intend going on in a smaller way. We had formed a company with a Capital Stock of $50000 divided into 50 shares of $1000 each. Do you know Lydia I have more anxiety about your health than anything else as I know you work hard; only think what would happen to our dear children if anything serious should happen to your health and I away here in California. September 17 unknown
