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Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1850
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 22 x 13cm., 32 pp., disbound, 31st Congress, 1st Session. Ho. of Reps. Ex. Doc. No. 59, first edition. Thomas Butler King was a Georgia politician who served in the U.S. Congress. He expected but failed to be appointed Secretary of the Navy under Zachary Taylor's administration, but was instead appointed Taylor's special agent to California. This report gives details of his journey across the Isthmus of Panama to California, and, more importantly, the situation of the gold fields. [HOWES K153. KURUTZ 377a. COWAN, p.330] RARE and important document relating to the history of California.
Published by Gideon and Co., Washington, D. C., 1850
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 22 x 13cm., 72 pp., first and last pages dust darkened, other pages faintly age darkened, otherwise very good, second and best edition according to Howes, Thomas Butler King was a Georgia politician who served in the U.S. Congress. He expected to be appointed as Secretary of the Navy under Zachary Taylor's administration, but was instead appointed Taylor's special agent to California. This report gives details of his journey across the Isthmus of Panama to California, and, more importantly, the situation of the gold fields. [HOWES K153. KURUTZ 377a. COWAN, p.330] RARE and important document relating to the history of California and the gold rush.