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Author: Capron, Elisha S.
Title: History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil... with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama.
Place Published: Boston; Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher:John P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and Worthington
Date Published: 1854
Description: [2], [iii]-xi, 356 pp. With a large folding hand-colored lithographed map of California with an inset of San Francisco, by J.H. Colton, dated 1854, before the title page, as issued. (8vo) 18.3x11.3 cm (7¼x4½"), original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt.. First Edition.Important observations of San Francisco and California during the early years of development following the initial rush for gold. Cowan p.104; Graff 580; Howes C127; Kurutz 116; Rocq 16759; Wheat Gold Region 254.In 1853 Capron went to California as a commercial agent of several large mercantile houses in New York City. He visited the principal cities and villages of the state and traversed the various mining regions. Besides an in-depth description of San Francisco's lurid side, he gives definitions of various mining techniques, and a description of the miners' court, miners' home, and Chinese exclusion.

Slight spine lean, light edgewear; folding map with inexpert tape repairs on verso, light foxing; very good.