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Building the Washington Monument... Gold in California...



Item # 691702

October 12, 1852

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 1852  Page 2 has: "Gen. Scott At The West" meaning Ohio, which includes: "Speech of Gen. Scott at Hamilton" and: "Speech of Gen. Scott at Dayton".
Page 2 also has a nice, half-column article: "Washington National Monument" being a letter concerning the building of the Washington Monument at the District of Columbia, signed in type by: G. Watterston, the 3rd Secretary of the Library of Congress, and the Secretary of the Washington National Monument Society.
Page 3 has: "Two Weeks Later From California" with the latest news concerning gold mining, etc. Also a report of a: "Narrow Escape of Balloonists" with details.
Four pages, nice condition.

Item from Catalog 353 (released for April 2025)

Category: Pre-Civil War