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The latest from California & the gold region... Colonel Fremont...



Item # 686967

April 11, 1849

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1849  Page 3 begins with: "From California" which is a letter beginning: "I have just returned from an exploration of the gold region & avail myself of the opportunity afforded by Mr. Wethered to send you a few specimens of gold dust, commonly found in various parts of the placer..." with much detail.
Also on page 2 is a letter from New York beginning: "Col. Fremont's 'Woolly Horse' is exhibited to the public here to-day in a room at the corner of Broadway...animal was caught after a three days' chase by Col. Fremont & his party, near the river Gila in New Mexico..." with more detail.
Four pages, a bit irregular at the blank spine, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War