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California : its gold and its inhabitants / by the Author of "Seven years on the slave coast of Africa," "Peregrine Scramble," &c.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huntley, H. V. (Henry Vere), Sir, 1795-1864.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business.
- California.
- California--Gold discoveries.
- Gold mines and mining.
- California--Description and travel.
- Law--Political aspects--California.
- Law.
- Law--Political aspects.
- Business--California.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : T.C. Newby, 1856.
- Summary:
- Sir Henry Veel Huntley (1795-1864) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. California: its gold and its inhabitants (1856) contains his experiences in California in 1852 as the San Francisco-based representative of a British gold quartz-mining company. He describes business and social life in San Francisco as well as visits to Marysville and Sacramento and two months at Placerville supervising large-scale mechanized mining operations. Special attention is given to shipping news, crime and violence and political corruption and disasters such as the Marysville flood and Sacramento fire.
- Notes:
- Also published [London, 185-?] under title: Adventures in California.
- Cited in:
- Sabin 9972
- OCLC:
- 58721545
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