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by Caleb Crushing John Charles Fremont

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55pp. plus addendum leaf inserted between pages 22 and 23. Dbd. Slightly soiled. Very good. J.S. Holliday, RUSH FOR RICHES, p.136 note . OCLC 19561911. Item #354282 This case, brought by the U.S. government, contested Fremont's ownership of Las Mariposas, a rich gold region near Yosemite Valley. Fremont bought the seventy-square-mile tract sight unseen for 3,000 in 1847. The gold from the area, known also as the Mariposa Grant, made

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