New Helvetia Diary. A Record of Events kept

by John A. Sutter and His Clerks at New Helvetia, California, from September 9, 1845 to May 25, 1848. Introduction by H. B. Van Sicklen by Gold Rush, John A. Sutter

$150 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. One of 950 copies printed. Colored frontispiece, facsimile of a page of the manuscript, map. 1 vols. 4to. Original linen-backed decorated boards, printed paper label. Some discoloration of spine, Bookplate of Alistair Cooke. Howes S1155. Item #222679 Includes an index to the “Persons at the Fort”.

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