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A 49ers Welcome - First Boat Str. Edward Everett, Capt. W.V. Wells Arriving Sacramento, Aug 19th 1849

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Title: A 49ers Welcome - First Boat Str. Edward Everett, Capt. W.V. Wells Arriving Sacramento, Aug 19th 1849
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This circa 1900 postcard shows a Sacramento welcome party hailing down the steamer Edward Everett. Leaving Boston in January 1849, the ship arrived on the Sacramento River in Summer 1849. Its party of 170 were intent on three things: the discovery of gold, the spreading of Christian values, and the "implant" of New England civilization and "our principles upon the soil."
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC698
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1569
Subject: Pioneers
Gold Rush, California
Boats
Riverboats
Rivers
Sacramento River

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