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The centennial year book of Alameda County, California : containing a summary of the discovery and settlement of California; a description of the Contra Costa under Spanish, Mexican and American rule; an account of the organization and settlement of Alameda County, with a yearly synopsis of important events, down to the centennial year of American independence, together with the important events of the year 1876. Also, a gazetteer of each township, useful local and general statistical information, appropriate for the present time. To which are added biographical sketches of prominent pioneers and public men
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