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Title: The land of gold; or, Three years in California

Author: Walter Colton

Release date: January 7, 2023 [eBook #69727]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: D. W. Evans & Co, 1860

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THE LAND OF GOLD;
OR,
Three Years in California.

BY
REV. WALTER COLTON, U. S. N.,
AUTHOR OF “SHIP AND SHORE,” &c.
New York:
D. W. EVANS & CO., 677 BROADWAY.
1860.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty,
By S. A. ROLLO & COMPANY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
TO
GEN. MARIANO GUADALUPE VALLEJO,
ONE OF CALIFORNIA’S DISTINGUISHED SONS,
IN WHOM
THE INTERESTS OF FREEDOM, HUMANITY, AND EDUCATION
HAVE FOUND AN ABLE ADVOCATE AND MUNIFICENT BENEFACTOR
This Volume
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY HIS FRIEND
THE AUTHOR.