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Latest from the California Gold Rush...
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Latest from the California Gold Rush...

Item # 704759 ·
SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Aug. 4, 1849  Page 3 has: "From California" with the latest news, bits including: "...The Crescent City brings $230,000 in specie...that probably $300,000 would cover all the gold dust on board...one opinion among the passengers with regard to the gold in California; it is still found in great quantities...There was no sickness at the mines..." with much more on the latest.
This article takes over three-quarters of a column with a great wealth of mine-related content.
Four pages of very large size paper measuring 25 by 33 inches, folded three times, various wear at the folds, many creases. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Pre-Civil War
Price
$42
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.