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California and New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Information in Answer to a Resolution of the House of the 31st of December, 1849, on the Subject of California and New Mexico. [Washington: GPO, 1850]. 31st Congress, 1st Session, House Ex. Doc. No. 17. Contemporary gilt lettered leather backed boards, housed in folding case. 9 5 1/2 inches (23.5 x 14.5 cm); 976 pp., 7 lithographed maps (6 folding). The covers, prelims and final leaves detached, stamps and foxing, portions of endpapers torn away, maps with tears at stubs and a few becoming detached.
An extensive source of information on the California gold rush years, with interesting folding maps. Zamorano Eighty 14; Howes C53.