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Image is of the main street of Sonora with a church at the far end and hills in the background. "G.H. Goddard del. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by G.S. Wells in the Clercks [sic] Office of the district Court of the Northern Dt. of California. Published by G.S. Wells, Sonora May 1853. Lith. Britton & Rey San Francisco."--text, below image. Baird notes that this image is either p.1 or p.4 of a letter sheet that also contains "Springfield, Tuolumne County." Paper color: gray.
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San Francisco, 1854. Fire of July 11th
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