John Conness letter : Washington, [D.C.], to J. Sloane, San Diego, Calif. : ALS, 1865 Apr. 30.

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John Conness letter : Washington, [D.C.], to J. Sloane, San Diego, Calif. : ALS, 1865 Apr. 30.

Discusses the need of a railroad from San Diego, Calif. to Yuma, Arizona, on the Colorado River.

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Conness, John, 1821-1909

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John Conness was born in Ireland, September 22, 1821. He moved to New York when he was fifteen and followed the Gold Rush to California. There he mined Mormon Island, and the Middle Fork of the American River. From the description of Autobiography and Reminiscence of John Conness, San Francisco, 1904. (The Society of California Pioneers). WorldCat record id: 55979376 John Conness was a United States Senator from California from 1863 to 1869. J. Sloan...

Sloane, Joshua.

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