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California Gold Rush Chronology 1852 - 1854

California Gold Rush Chronology 1855 - 1856

California Gold Rush Chronology 1857 - 1861

California Gold Rush Chronology 1862 - 1865

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Poem from Miss Kilmansegg: Her Moral, by English poet Thomas Hood (1799-1845).
In: San Francisco business directory and mercantile guide for 1864-65 : A general business directory for all persons throughout this state; also, oregon, nevada territory and Mexico / Pub. by B.F. Stilwell & Co. San Francisco : Agnew & Deffebach, 1864.