[Munro-Fraser, J.P.]:

$2,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

HISTORY OF SOLANO COUNTY...ALSO A FULL AND PARTICULAR BIOGRAPHY OF ITS EARLY SETTLERS AND PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS. A scarce and informative early California county history. The text begins with an extensive history and description of Solano County (located at the north end of San Francisco Bay), including a discussion of its early settlement, natural resources, politics, and civic structure. One chapter is devoted to murders and other trials, and another focuses on Mexican land grants. Several individual towns are profiled, including Benicia, Vallejo, Suisun, and Vacaville, as well as a number of smaller communities. Nearly two hundred pages are devoted to biographical sketches of prominent citizens, twenty of whom are illustrated with portraits.

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