Capron, E.S.

HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME.

1854 1st One large color folding map. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1854. First edition. As thecommercial agent for several major mercantile houses in New York city, Elisha Smith Capron traveled to California via Nicaragua in 1853, visiting the principal cities and towns of the state as he discharged the duties of his commission. Capron's narrative, which opens with three chapters on the history, natural history, and geography of the state, is of particular interest for its vivid descriptions of San Francisco, among them seamy details of the city's lurid side, and first-hand accounts of the gold mines, mining, and miners, including enlightening explanations of various mining techniques, as well as details of the miners' courts, miners' home, and Chinese exclusionary measures. Bound in the original brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt on the spine. Some faint foxing to the contents, with an archivally repaired tear to the folding map and an ink inscription to a prefatory blank leaf. Top edge dust stained. Boards lightly worn, with a few mild spots of discoloration and some very slight sunning along the spine. A very good copy. Cowan, R. Bibliography of California, p.104; Howes, W.: U.S.IANA, #C127; Kurutz, G.: California Gold Rush, p.124-125; Storm, C.: Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana, #580; Wheat, C.: Maps of the Gold Rush, #254.

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