1850 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. T. Butler King's First Report on California Slavery, Statehood, and Gold Rush. Great Awakening Text good with some scattered

Text good with some scattered handling and foxing

Bold as a bucket

illustrated editions

during the late 1870's

Very attractive example in decorative cloth

1850 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. T. Butler King's First Report on California Slavery, Statehood, and Gold Rush. Great Awakening Text good with some scatteredAn exceptionally nice example of the first official report, ostensibly on the Gold Rush. As it turned out, Thomas Butler Kings mission was more complex. A Georgian Congressman, he was dispatched by President Taylor also with a semi secret message of encouragement for California to forego territorial status and instead seek statehood directly. Taylor wanted to avoid the dissension within the Congress on the issue of slavery within California as a