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"Calumet-conglomerate" : an exploration and discovery
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A series of letters originally published in the Ontonagon-miner, Michgan, in the year 1893
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The letter, addressed to "My Dear Brother," provides detailed information on the American, Democratic, and Republican parties in Nevada County, California in the election year of 1856. There is also a discussion of slavery, and the American party's stance regarding the same. In addition, Edwin Giles Waite writes about his time as a miner in California and his salary.
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The "California Gold Rush Fleet Encyclopedia of Vessels Sailing from the East Coast of the United States and Canada for San Francisco, December 7, 1848-December 31, 1849" comprises individual histories of 762 ships as well as various subject files, arranged in alphabetical order. Goodman records a broad spectrum of information derived from a variety of sources about the multitude of Gold Rush vessels. The bulk of the manuscripts are photocopies and some are heavily annotated in the author's hand. Some histories include hand colored illustrations of maps and ships. They were written and edited between 1970-1991.
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