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Author: [Taylor, Zachary]
Title: California and New Mexico: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting information...on the Subject of California and New Mexico. (caption title.)
Place Published: Washington D. C.
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Date Published: 1850
Description:

976 pp. Illustrated with 7 maps, 6 of them folding. (8vo), period half calf and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Ex. Doc. 17, 31st Congress, 1st Session.

Compilation of documents relating to the conquest of California and the beginning of the California Gold Rush. "This important volume contains the official correspondence and documents relating to California, 1847-49, and is the most extensive source of authorities covering the period" - Zamorano. The maps include "Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont" with indication of the Gold Region; George Derby's "Sketch of General Riley's Route through the Mining Districts, July and Aug. 1849" (Wheat, Gold Region 79) which includes San Francisco & Monterey; the entrance to San Francisco Bay; "Map of Fort Hill, Monterey" from Lt. Warner's Field Map; plus route of Major Beall's expedition against the Apaches, Baja California and Port Escondido. Howes C53, P447; Kurutz 106a; Cowan p.875; Wagner-Camp 179b:2; Wheat Books 31; Zamorano Eighty 14. Bookplate of the Lawrence Academy on front pastedown.

Binding lightly worn; some irregular creasing to maps; foxing and staining within; very good.