Beware of the infatuation for gold...
Item # 698111
December 21, 1848
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 1848
* California gold rush fever
Page 3 has an article: "Gold" which includes: "...all that has been reported of the gold regions of California to be true...rather a misfortune than a source of congratulation. Visions of golden sands...are filling...the minds of thousands, & if the epidemic continues we may expect to find them soon abandoning the plough and the work bench, the fundamental sources of a nation's property..." & more.
An early report concerning the California Gold Rush.
Four pages, binding slits at the blank spine, nice condition.
* California gold rush fever
Page 3 has an article: "Gold" which includes: "...all that has been reported of the gold regions of California to be true...rather a misfortune than a source of congratulation. Visions of golden sands...are filling...the minds of thousands, & if the epidemic continues we may expect to find them soon abandoning the plough and the work bench, the fundamental sources of a nation's property..." & more.
An early report concerning the California Gold Rush.
Four pages, binding slits at the blank spine, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
