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1862 John A Sutter Manuscript Hock Farm Authorization To Received Post & Express
5 1/8 x 8 inch manuscript authorization signed by J.A. Sutter and given to Wm B. Latham. Item reads, The bearer of this is authorized to receive mu letters and Newspapers from the Post and Express Offices. Hock Farm march 1th 1862. paper label strip adherad at lower, This order was given to William B. Latham a pioneer of 1849: by General John A. Sutter . ----- SOME HISTORY ----- Johann August Sutter (February 23, 1803 June 18, 1880) was a Swiss pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush by the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall and the mill making team at Sutters Mill, and for establishing Sutters Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento. the states capital. Although famous throughout California for his association with the Gold Rush, Sutter died almost poor, also a agricultural visionary. John Augustus Sutter, present-day Yuba City, was the site of the valleys first large agricultural enterprise. The ensuing chaos and deteriorating conditions at Sutters Fort in Sacramento led Sutter to retire, with his family, to Hock Farm in 1850. Floods destroyed much of the farm in 1862, but he continued to live there until a fire in 1865 burned down his house, after which he and his family moved to Pennsylvania. Sutter died in 1880. id #1012 |
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The Jolly Old Miner California Gold Rush Oil Painting 24X20
The Jolly Old Miner Oil painting un-signed , restored painting illustrates Miner mounted backward on his horse, with two laughing miners at left, in front of a cabin - One with a candle, peering at him. Under illustration in text which reads "What! Jim!..Come home tight again ? No I ant Tight Iv been knocket of my horse again and cut his head off! " Similar illustration of this painting is known on lettersheet Item 134,Plate 48, Clifford collection ,Also Peters California on Stone,Page 79.. Unknown if this painting was copied from lettersheet or if lettersheet was inspired by this painting..24 1/2 X 20 1/2 inchs . id #930 |
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