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1673 Dunbar (E. E.) The Romance of the Age; or, the Discovery of Gold in California. Illustrated. 12mo. pp. 134. New York, 1867. 100 1674 Evans (Albert S.) A La California. Sketches of Life in the Golden State. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 379. San Francisco, 2 50 1675 Farnham (Thos. J.) Life, Adventures, and Travels in California. To which are added Conquest of California and Travels in Oregon. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 514. New York, 1850. 2 50 1676 Fisher (Walter M.) The Californians. 12mo. pp. 236. London, 1876. 1 75 1677 Forbes (Alexander). California. A History of Upper and Lower California, from their First Discovery to the Present Time. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. Portrait, map, and illustrations. 8vo. pp. 352. London,

1839.

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1678 Foster (G. G.) The Gold Regions of California. Being a succinct Description of the Geography, History, Topography, and General Features of California, and a carefully prepared account of the Gold Regions. 8vo. pp. 80, paper, uncut. New York, 1849. 100

1679 Fremont (J. C.) Geographical Memoir upon Upper California. Large map. 8vo. pp. 67, paper. Washington, 1848. 75 1680 Fremont (J. C.) Notes of Travel in California. Comprising Prominent Geographical, Agricultural, and Mineralogical Features of the Country. Map. 8vo. pp. 83, paper. New York, 1849.

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1694 Kelly (William). An Excursion to 1681 The same. With Narrative of the California, over the Prairie, Rocky MountExploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada, with a Stroll ains in 1842, and to Oregon and North through the Diggings. 2 vols. 12mo. LonCalifornia in 1843-4. 8vo. pp. 83+186, don, 1851. paper. New York, 1849.

1682 Fresh Water Tide fornia. 8vo. pp. 48, paper. 1869.

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3.00 1695 Kelly (William). A Stroll through the Diggings of California. 12mo. pp. 240. London, 1852.

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1696 King (T. B.) California. The Won der of the Age. A Book for Every One Going or Having an Interest in that Gold Region. 8vo. pp. 34, paper. New York, 1850.

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1697 Leslie (Mrs. Frank). California. A Pleasure Trip from Gotham to the Golden Gate (April, May, June, 1877). Illustrated. 12mo. pp. 286. New York, 1878.

1683 Frost (John). History of the State of California, from the Period of the Conquest by Spain to her Occupation by the United States of America. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. pp. 508. Auburn, 1850. 2 00 1684 Gilpin (William). The Central Gold Region. The Grain, Pastoral, and Gold Regions of North America. With some new Views of its Physical Geography, and Observations on the Pacific Railroad. Maps. 8vo. pp. 194. Phila., 1860. 1 50 1685 Gold Regions of California. De1699 Letts (J. M.) California Illustrated. scribing its Geography, Topography, His- Including a Description of the Panama and

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1698 Lester (John E.) The Yosemite: its History, its Scenery, its Development. 8vo. pp. 40. Providence, 1873. Privately printed.

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Nicaragua Routes. 8vo. pp. 224. New York, 1853.

1713 Patterson (Lawson B.) Twelve 2 00 Years in the Mines of California. Embracing a General View of the Gold Region. 16mo. pp. 108. Cambridge, 1862.

1700 Life in California; during a Residence of several Years in that Territory, comprising a Description of the County, with Incidents and Observations. By an American. Illustrated. 12mo. pp. 341. New York, 1846. 1 50 1701 Los Angeles. McPherson (W.) Homes in Los Angeles City and County, with Sketches of Four adjoining Counties. 12mo. pp. 74, paper. Los Angeles, 1873. 75

1702 Los Angeles County. Historical Sketch from the Spanish Occupancy to the founding of the Mission San Gabriel Archangel. September 8, 1771, to July 4, 1876. 8vo. pp. 88. Los Angeles, 1876. 75 1703 Lyman (Albert). Journal of a Voyage to California, and Life in the Gold Diggings. 12mo. pp. 192. Hartford,

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1714 Pen-Knife Sketches; or, Chips of the Old Block. Original illustrated Letters by one of California's Pioneer Miners. 8vo. pp. 112, paper. Sacramento, 1853. 2.00 1715 Player-Frowd (J. G.) Six Months. in California. 12mo. pp. 164. London, 1872. 1 25 1716 Revere (J. W.) A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Illustrated. 12mo. pp. Gold Region, etc. 305. New York, 1849.

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1717 Ringgold (Cadwalader). A Series of Charts, with Sailing Directions, embracing Surveys of Farrallones, Bays of San Francisco, and San Pablo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and American Rivers, including the Cities of Sacramento and Boston, State of California. Maps and plates, with 48 pp.

1852,
1704 McClellan (R. G.) The Golden text. 8vo. Washington. 1852.
State. A History of the Region West of
the Rocky Mountains, embracing California,
Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, etc., from
the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 820. Philadelphia,

1876.

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Large Map. 8vo. pp.
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1775 California

1718 Robinson (Fayette). and its Gold Regions. With a Geographical and Topographical View of the Country. Map. 12mo. pp. 137, paper. New York, 1849.

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1719 Royce (Josiah). California from 1705 Madden (J.) The Lands of the the Conquest in 1846, to the Second VigiSouthern Pacific Railroad Company, with lance Committee in San Francisco. 16mo. General Information of the Resources of pp. 513. Boston, 1886. 1 25 Southern California. 1720 Ryan (William Redmond). Per136+68. London. sonal Adventures in Upper and Lower 1706 Nordhoff (Charles). California for California. 23 illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo. Health, Pleasure and Residence. A Book London, 1850. for Travelers and Settlers. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 206. New York, 1882. 2 00 1707 Nordhoff (Charles). Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 256. New York, 2 50

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1711 Outcroppings: being Selections of California Verse. Square 18mo. pp. 144. San Francisco, 1866.

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1721 San Francisco. Soule (F.) and Gihon (J. H.) The Annals of San Francisco. Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery. Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California. 150 engravings. 8vo. pp. 824.

New York, 1855.

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1724 Santa Barbara County. Its Climate, Soil and Products. By J. J. Perkins. 35. Santa Barbara, 1884. 25 1712 Palmer (J. W.) The New and the 1725 Santa Cruz. Willey (S. H.) A Old; or, California and India in Romantic Historical Paper relating to Santa Cruz, Aspects. Illustrated. 12mo. pp. 433. California. 8vo. pp. 37, paper. San FranLondon, 1859. 1 50 cisco, 1876.

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1729 Shaw (Pringle). Ramblings in California. Containing a Description of the Country, Life at the Mines, State of Society, etc., interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, etc. 12mo. pp. 239. Toronto, 1 25 n. d.

1730 Sonoma County. Thompson (R. A.) Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Sonoma County, California. 8vo. pp. 104, paper. Philadelphia, 1877.

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1731 Stillman (J. B. D.) Seeking the Golden Fleece. A Record of Pioneer Life in California; to which is annexed Footprints of Early Navigators, other than Spanish, in California. With an Account of the Schooner Dolphin. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 352. San Francisco, 1877. 2 50 1732 Taylor (Bayard). Eldorado; or, the Gold Regions. A Tour in California. 2 vols. 18mo. boards. London, 1850. 1 00 1733 Taylor (Benj. F.) Between the Illustrated. 12mo. pp. 292. Chi1 50 1734 Taylor (William). California Life. Illustrated. 16 engravings. 12mo. pp. 348. New York, 1858. 1 25 1735 Todd (Rev. John). The Sunset Land; or, the Great Pacific Slope. 18mo. pp. 322. Boston, 1870.

Gates. cago, 1886.

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1741 Annals of the West. Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which have Occurred in the Western States and Territories to the Year 1845. By James H. Perkins. 8vo. sheep. Cincinnati,

1846.

3 00 1742 Another copy. Half morocco. 4.00 1743 Another edition, revised and enlarged. By J. M. Peck. 8vo. sheep. St. Louis, 1850. 350 down to

1744 Another edition, brought 1856. By James R. Albach. 8vo. Pittsburgh, 1856.

4.00 1745 Baily (Francis). Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796-7. (Down the Ohio and Mississ8vo. pp. 439. London, 1856. ippi, and back to Knoxville, Tennessee.) 3 50

1746 Barber (J. W.) and Howe (Henry). All the Western States and Territories, from the Alleghanies to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf. Containing their History from the Earliest Times, with Local History, Incidents of Pioneer Life, Biographical Sketches. Illustrated. 8vo. pp. 733. Cincinnati, 1868.

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1747 Beatty (Charles). A Journal of a Two Months' Tour, with View of promoting Religion among the Frontier Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, and the Indians to the 1736 Truman (Ben. C.) Semi-Tropical Westward of the Alleghany Mountains. California. Its Climate, Healthfulness, Pro- 8vo. pp. 110. London, 1768. 3.00 ductiveness, and Scenery, etc. 204. San Francisco, 1874.

8vo. pp.
1748 Beecher (Lyman). A Plea for the
250 West.
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16mo. pp. 190. Cin., 1835.
1749 Beggs (S. R.) Pages from the
History of the West and Northwest. Em-
bracing Reminiscences and Incidents of
Settlement and Growth, and Sketches of
the Progress of the States of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and Missouri. 12mo.
325.
Cincinnati, 1868.
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1736 Tuthill (Franklin). History of California. 8vo. pp. 657, sheep. San Francisco, 1866. 4 00 1737 Venegas (Miguel). A Natural and Civil History of California. Containing an accurate Description of the Country, the Customs of the Inhabitants, together with Accounts of several Voyages and Attempts made for Settling California. Map and plates. 2 vols. 8vo. calf. Lond., 1759. 6 00 1738 Woods (D. B.) Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings. 12mo. pp. 199. New York, 1851.

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1750 Another copy.

pp.

Half morocco. 2 50 1751 Beltrami (J. C.) A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the Dis covery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River; with a Description of the whole course of the former, and of the

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1762 (Caird (James, M. P.) Prairie Farming in America. With Notes by the way on Canada and the United States. 12mo. pp. 130. New York, 1859. 50

1763 Carlton (Robert). The New Purchase; or, Seven and a half Years in the Far West. 2 vols. 12mo. boards. New York, 1843. 2.00 471. 175

1764 Another edition. 12mo. pp. New Albany, 1855.

1767 Cuming (F.) Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country, through the States of Ohio and Kentucky. A Voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and a Trip through the Mississippi Territory and part of West Florida. 16mo. pp. 504, full bound. Pittsburg, 1810. 4.50 1768 Cumings (Samuel). The Western Pilot. Containing Charts of the Ohio and Mississippi, a Gazetteer, etc. 8vo. pp. 104, boards. Cincinnati, 1829.

I 25 1769 Curtiss (D. S.) Western Portraiture and Emigrant's Guide. A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, with Remarks on Minnesota and other Territories. Map. 12mo. pp. 351. N. Y., 1852.

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1770 Dana (E) Geographical Sketches on the Western Country. Designed for Emigrants and Settlers, being the result of Extensive Researches and Remarks. Including a particular description of the unsold Public Lands, etc. 12mo. pp. 319, old sheep. Cincinnati, 1819.

1 50 1771 Dana (C. W) The Great West; or, The Garden of the Word. Its History, Wealth, Natural Advantages, and its Future. With a Complete Guide to Emigrants, Statistics, etc. 12mo. pp. 396. Boston, 1857. 1 50.

1772 Darby (William). Emigrant's Guide to the Western and South-western States. Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the States. Map. 8vo. pp. 324, sheep. New York, 1818. 2 00

1773 Dillon (John B.) History of the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory, from its Earliest Fxploration to the Close of the Territorial Government in 1816. 8vo. pp. 456, sheep. Indianapolis, 1854. 3 00

1774 Dulieu (M. J.) Mississippi et Indiana. Souvenirs d'Amerique 12mo. pp. 310, paper, uncut. Bruxelles, 1862.

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1775 Edwards (L.) and Hopewell (M.) The Great West and her Commercial Metropolis. Embracing a General View of the West, and a complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste in 1764. Illustrations and portraits. 8vo. PP. 604. St. Louis, 1860.

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1776 Ellet (Charles, Jr.) The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, containing Plans for the Protection of the Delta from Inunda1765 Clavers (Mary). A New Home. tion, and of Improving the Navigation of Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western the Ohio and other Rivers by means of Life. 12mo. pp. 317. N. Y., 1839. 125 Reservoirs. Plans. Royal 8vo. pp. 367. 1766 Conclin's River Guide and GazaPhiladelphia, 1853. teer of all the Towns in the Western 1777 Evans (Estwick). A Pedestrious Waters. 8vo. pp. 128, paper. Cincinnati, Tour of Four Thousand Miles through the 40 Western States and Territories, during the

1850.

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Winter and Spring of 1818. 250, boards, uncut. Concord,

1819.

12mo. pp. the Statute Regulations. 12mo. pp. 477. N. H., Auburn, N. Y., 1847.

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1791 Hall (Edward H.) The Great West. Travelers', Miners', and Emigrants' Guide and Hand-Book. 16mo. pp. 198. New York, 1866.

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1792 Hall (James). Legends of the West. Sketches illustrative of the Habits, Occupations, Privations, Adventures, and Sports of the Pioneers of the West. 12mo. pp. 435. Cincinnati, 1874.

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1793 Another copy. Half morocco. 3 00

1778 Another, a stained copy. 1779 Evans (Lewis). Geographical, Historical, and Political Essays. Containing an Analysis of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, and of the Country of the Confederate Indians, etc. 4to. pp. 32, half calf. Philadelphia, B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755. 6 50 1780 Expediency (The) of Securing our American Colonies by settling the Country 1794 Hall (James). Letters from the adjoining the River Mississippi, and the West. Containing Sketches of Scenery, Country upon the Ohio considered. 12mo. Manners, and Customs connected with the pp. 68, half calf. Edinburgh, 1763. 10 00 First Settlement of the Western States. 1781 Falconer (Thos.) On the Discovery 8vo. pp. 385, half calf. London, 1828. 1 50 of the Mississippi, and on the South-western 1795 Hall (James). Notes on the Western Oregon and North-western Boundary of States. Containing Descriptive Sketches the United States. Maps. 12mo. Lon of their Soil, Climate, Resources, and don, 1844. Scenery. 12mo. pp. 304. Philadelphia, 1782 Farnham (Eliza W.) Life in 1838. 125

Prairie Land. 16mo.

New York, 1856.

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1797 Hall (James). Romance of Western History; or, Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West. 12mo. pp. 420. Cincinnati, 1871.

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1798 Another copy. Half morocco. 3 00

N. Y., 1846. 1.00 1796 Hall (James). Reply to Strictures 1783 Ferris (Jacob). The States and on Sketches of the West, in the North Territories of the Great West. Their American Review, No. 92. 12mo. pp. 23, Geography, History, Resources, Local His- paper. Philadelphia, 1838. tory, etc. Giving a Table of Distances. Maps and illustrations. 12mo. pp. 352. 125 1784 Flint (Timothy). The History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley; to which is appended a Condensed Physical Geography of the Atlantic States and the whole American Continent. 2 vols. in 1. Svo. sheep. Boston, 1833. 3 00 1785 Flint (Timothy). Recollections of the last Ten Years, passed in occasional Residences aud Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. 8vo. pp. 395, boards. Boston, 1826. 3 00 1786 Another copy. Half morocco, un

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1801 Another copy. 1802 Hall (James). The West. Its Com1787 Foster (J. W.) The Mississippi merce and Navigation. 12mo. pp. 328. Valley. Its Physical Geography, includ- Cincinnati, 1848. ing Sketches of the Topography, Botany, Geology, Mineral Resources, etc.

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1788 Gallagher (W. D.) Progress in the North-west. Annual Discourse before the Historical Society of Ohio, April 8, 1850. 8vo. pp. 88, paper. Cincinnati, 1850. 50 1789 Griffin (A. P. C.) The Discovery of the Mississippi. A Biographical Account, with a Fac-simile of the Map of Lewis Joliet, 1674. 4to. pp. 20, paper. N. Y., 1883. 1 00 1807 Hart (A. M.) History of the Val1790 Hall (B. F.) The Western Land-ley of the Mississippi. 12mo. pp. owner's Guide. Containing a Summary of Cincinnati, 1853.

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