Letter : Sacramento, Calif., to E.B.W., 1853 Aug. 11.

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Letter : Sacramento, Calif., to E.B.W., 1853 Aug. 11.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31475954

Holograph manuscript apparently laid in a first edition of Benton's California pilgrim (Goodman F865 .B48 1853) purchased by John Goodman.

1 folded sheet ([4] p.) ; 22 x 34 cm. (folded to 22 x 17 cm.)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Goodman, John B. (John Bartlett), 1901-1991

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The "Revised and concise history of the Vigilance Committee of 1856" was written by Almarin Paul, a '49er pioneer who moved to Sacramento from St. Louis. Established a merchant firm in Sacramento but soon sold his shares to go into mining. He became the first person to mine for silver in Nevada, and is the inventor of the iron process for working silver ores and of some other mining machinery. During his first few years in California, Paul was an active member of the Vigilance Committee of 1856....

Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892

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Joseph A. Benton was pastor of the First Church of Christ in Sacramento. His sermons are collected in the California pilgrim (1853). From the description of Letter : Sacramento, Calif., to E.B.W., 1853 Aug. 11. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31475954 A Congregational minister, Benton came to California on the Edward Everett in 1849. From the description of Joseph Augustine Benton Collection, 1849-1899. (California State Library). World...