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Articles in a Miner’s Creed
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Articles in a Miner’s Creed
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Image of a list of articles that comprise various beliefs of a miner. It is signed "Forty-Nine" and is surrounded by a border with a flowery design in each corner. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of California."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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The Miners’ Lamentations
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Image of eleven vignettes depicting The Miners' Ten Commandments and an elephant pointing with its trunk to a sign for Ten Commandment [sic] on a cabin. The commandments deal with mining practices, moral issues, and family matters. The vignettes surround the text at the center of the image which describes the commandments. "H. Eastman del."--text, below the first vignette. "Eastman. [Anthony & Baker]."--text, below tenth vignette. "Sun Print, San Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Orders, pre paid, addressed "[Box H Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal."]."--text, below image. Part of the right side of the image has been torn away on the right side. Paper color: blue.
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The Miner's Ten Commandments
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Image of eleven vignettes depicting The Miners' Ten Commandments and an elephant pointing with its trunk to a sign for Ten Commandment [sic] on a cabin. The commandments deal with mining practices, moral issues, and family matters. The vignettes surround the text at the center of the image which describes the commandments. "H. Eastman del."--text, below the first vignette. "Eastman. [Anthony & Baker]."--text, below tenth vignette. "Sun Print, San Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Orders, pre paid, addressed "[Box H Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal."]."--text, below image. Part of the right side of the image has been torn away on the right side. Paper color: blue.
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The Miner’s Ten Commandments
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Upper illustration is of an elephant lifting its trunk to point at a paper on a tree that says: "Miners [sic] Ten Commandment [sic]. A miner is also looking at the sign. Baird notes that this illustration is related to the top central vignette of "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments." The text printed below the illustration outlines the ten commandments. Baird notes that the text is also related to "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments," but Commandment VI is abbreviated and Commandment X is rephrased and abbreviated. "Published at "Noisy Carrier's," 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Cal."--text, below image title. "Potter. HE. Anthony."--block letters within image. "O'Meara & Painter, printers, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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The California Indians
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Image contains eight vignettes depicting California Native Americans engaged in various activities and customs. The text in the center of the image describes each vignette. "Anthony & Baker SC."text, bottom of every vignette. "C. Nahl del."--text, bottom lower right and lower center vignettes. "Sun Print. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Orders, pre paid, addressed "Box H, Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.""--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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Hutchings’ California Scenes.-Methods of Mining
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Image contains twelve vignettes each depicting different methods of mining. To the right is a list of sixty-four names of mining localities. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by Jas M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Published by J. M. Hutchings, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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