February 29, 2024
Orig 1852 VALLEJO-MARYSVILLE CA California Gold Rush INDEPTH! 4 EARLY PRINTS
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Original GLEASON'S PICTORIAL illustrated newspaper, dated March 13, 1852. COMPLETE in 16 pgs, Folio (15 1/2" x 11 1/2"). IN NEAR FINE CONDITION!Featured in this issue is the illustrated article "CALIFORNIA, ETC." containing a total of FOUR (4) wood engraved views original 4 3/4" x 9 1/4" wood engraving "VIEW OF VALLEJO, THE NEW CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA" (4 3/4" X 9 1/4") "VIEW OF THE TOWN OF MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA" (6 1/2" X 9 1/2"), "A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN" (6 1/2" x 3"), and" A CALIFORNIA MINER" (6 1/2" x 3")A sample of the column-length article "CALIFORNIA, ETC." reads, "How many multifarious are the singular results that have arisen in consequence of the discovery of gold in California...Our artist presents a very fine view of Vallejo--the new capital of California. It is pronounced by persons who have visited and are familiar with the spot, as singularly accurate and faithful. The members of the California legislature when they first met were compelled to sit on nail kegs, with a board placed across the open head, or upon temporary benches, which now and then broke under the weight of legislative dignity, and let down a row of honorable gentlemen flat upon the floor, to the great hazard of the gravity of the house. This was in consequence of the unfinished state of the capitol. The boarding-houses were not much better prepared for
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