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Rain causes problems for California emigrants...



Item # 685769

February 21, 1853

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 1853  The back page has: "From California" reports in part: "...that the Plains between Stockton & Fort Miller...are inundated. Rain had fallen for several weeks incessantly...many of the inhabitants...are represented to be in a famishing condition. Numerous families of emigrants had arrived through the Stockton Past...Their situation...is represented to be deplorable...The whole country is in a state of anxiety...".
Four pages, some binding indents at the blank spine, nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War