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Item # 700987

June 05, 1849

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, June 5, 1849  

* Thomas Hart Benton
* California gold fields


The front page features a nice prying of the: "Odd Fellow's Hall, Corner of Grand and Center Streets, New York" with a lengthy article on its dedication.
The back page has: "Important from the West--Cholera Among Emigrants--Col. Benton's Speech" as well as: "From the Plains", both articles concerning travelers heading to the gold fields of California and their various tribulations.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War