Letters of George W. Eayrs, 1813-1815 : San Diego, California : typescript, [ca. 1910].

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Letters of George W. Eayrs, 1813-1815 : San Diego, California : typescript, [ca. 1910].

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Typed transcripts, prepared by Irving B. Richman around 1910, of 10 letters and 1 memorandum written from San Diego by George W. Eayrs, one of the most daring and enterprising of the Yankee contraband traders who traveled up and down the coast of California between 1805 and 1814.

10 letters ([18] leaves) ; 28 cm.

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