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Title: Capt. Sutter’s account of the first discovery of the Gold
Creator: Britton & Rey, printer
Britton & Rey, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image contains text of Capt. Sutter's account of discovering gold at the left, a portrait of the profile of Marshall in the upper center, and an illustration of Sutter's Mill below the text of the account. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854 by Britton & Rey in the Clercks [sic] office of the District Court of the Northern Dt. of California. Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey San Francisco, Cal."--text, below image. The number 13 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
Type: image
Format: High resolution
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; 27 x 21 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.) overall
Identifier: 48052:094
2351
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23480
Language: English
Subject: California--Gold discoveries
California--Pictorial works
Marshall, James W
Sutter, John
Lithographs. (aat)
Source: California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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