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Return of the Fremont expedition: a visit with John Sutter in California..
Return of the Fremont expedition: a visit with John Sutter in California..
Item # 684807
August 20, 1844
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, Aug. 20, 1844 On page 3 under: "Lieut. Fremont's Expedition" is a report from the Daily Missourian about the Fremont expedition "...just returned to St. Louis."
The report provides the basic chronology of the expedition and describes the highlights expedition from departure to its return.
Near the end of the report is mention that: "...The party were cordially received and hospitably entertained, at his residence, near the Bay of San Francisco by John A. Sutter, Esq. Prefect of the frontier of California..." Four years later Sutter would achieve lasting fame when gold was discovered at his mill, igniting the famous California Gold Rush in 1849.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War