Donner Party Log Cabin Relic. [with] An Inscribed Copy of "History of the Donner Party" (later edition).
MCGLASHAN, C. F.
Published by C. F. McGlashan, Truckee, 1893
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Original glass vial containing wood fragments, original red wax seal still present, with both printed tags still attached. The first reads ?I hereby certify that this vial contains a portion of the foundation log of the Murphy Cabin of the Donner Party. C.F. McGlashan. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August 1893. W.H. Hill, Justice of the Peace? and on the verso it states; "Murphy + Cabin; Donner Lake. August 12, 1893. We this day assisted in taking up the foundation, or the last remnant, of the Murphy Cabin, of the Donner Part. C. F. McGlashan, Nona McGlashan, A.E. Baugh, Hattie A. Baugh, E.L. Downer." The second tag reads: "No. Price $1.00. Sent by Mail Prepaid. I hereby pledge that the net receipts from the sale of 5000 of these relics shall be devoted to the erection of a monument to the Donner Party, C. F. McGlashan". The verso bears an ad for McGlashan's book on the Donner Party. A very good example."On the 12th day of August, 1893, accompanied by Prof. A. E. Baugh, principal of the Truckee Schools; Hattie A. Baugh, his wife; E. K. Downer, publisher and proprietor of the Downieville Messenger, and my wife, Mrs. Nona McGlashan, I took up the last remaining log of the Murphy Cabin and conveyed it to my residence. Six logs of this cabin were in place in 1879, but all had decayed and vanished except the log on the western side of the cabin, the one containing the threshold of the door. With the assistance of the ladies of Truckee, five thousand small vials were filled with the partially decayed wood of this log, and these, together with the remnant of the log, were placed in the Rocking Stone Tower. The vials containing the relics were sealed with wax and bore labels " (C. F. McGlashan, The Location of Site of Breen Cabin. Berkeley: 1920)[Together with]MCGLASHAN, C. F. History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra. Sacramento: H. S. Crocker, 1907. Ninth edition but bearing an inscription from McGlashan dated 1911. Publisher?s blind-stamped vertically-ribbed burgundy cloth, gilt spine lettering, floral endpapers. A particularly handsome copy. Seller Inventory # 76727
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Title: Donner Party Log Cabin Relic. [with] An ...
Publisher: C. F. McGlashan, Truckee
Publication Date: 1893
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