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1888 · 56940 — San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co. Printers 1888. 12mo. 48 pp. One meteorological table. Original blue-coloured printed softcovers reinforced and bound w/linen hinges into quarter-black over light green coloured boards toning to pastedowns some minor pulling at inner stables minor offset toning to the covers from the linen tape small ex-lib embossed stamp on title still G copy inscribed “Compliments of the Author Augusta Maine†to Bowdoin College w/ “withdrawn†bookplate on front pastedown. First edition signed presentation copy of this concise 19th-century land promotion extolling the beauty of southern California the fertile soil and civic amenities of the town detailing the historic Spanish Mission the Californios scenic homes and the growing Protestant congregations. Of interest is the special advisory that he incorporates towards the end advising “Tenderfoots†from the East to be careful with some unscrupulous land speculators trying to sell fairly worthless parcels of land. Jackson 1842-1911 was a Civil War Veteran who had entered the Union Army as a private in the 8th Maine rising to Captain of the 33rd United States Colored Troops organized from freed slaves in the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry in and around Hilton Head which participated in the battle of Honey HIll and captured the fort on James Island. He later became Unitarian Minister in New Hampshire and then Santa Barbara California until 1894 when he became professor of philosophy at the Meadville Theological School. Kruska & Robinson A Collection 45 pink softcovers; Rocq California Local History 13510; History of the 33rd United States Colored Troops USCT Lowcountry Africana 2011. C.A. Murdock & Co., Printers, paperback