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A disastrous journey for John Fremont... What's needed in California...



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April 07, 1849

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1849  

* John C. Fremont
* Fatal 4th expedition


Page 3 has over half a column headed: "From Santa Fe" which includes a letter on Col. John Fremont's disastrous 4th expedition. Much detail.
Also on page 3: "From California" is a letter from San Francisco on the need for housing, and: "Do not forward me the goods ordered in my last, but in their stead send me three or four middling-sized house frames...The rent of these will be a fortune to me. The place is already full of goods of all kinds..." with more. Also: "For California" on travelers heading to the West.
Four pages, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War