Great reading concerning the California Gold Rush...
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 13, 1849
- California gold rush
- 49ers
The front page has 2 1/2 columns taken up with the writings of Bayard Taylor, headed: "Bayard Taylor's Letters....No. V" "The Isthmus In July" with many subheads. This is an interesting "travelogue" of a man's journey across the Isthmus of Panama and his experience with travel by ship. Bayard Taylor was a writer of some renown. Page 2 has: "Bayard Taylor's Letters....No. VI" "On The Pacific" with many subheads as well, and closes by saying: "...have coal enough on board for the whole trip & shall not be detained at San Blas, we expected to be in San Francisco in 20 days. Adios."
Also on page 2 is: "From California" which has some very nice "Placer Intelligence" on the latest news from the gold fields.
Four pages, a small ad clipped from the back leaf not remotely close to the mentioned content, very nice condition.
Item from our new catalog - #372, released for November, 2026
(Added to the November, 2026 catalog [#372] after its initial release - only available on-line.)
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