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(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.)
Placerville.
Lithographed letter sheet, 8
1
/
4
x
10
3
/
4
inches plus attached blank leaf; minimal foxing, minor edge wear, inked number in
upper right corner.
San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
[800/1,200]
Placerville, not far east of Sacramento, was at one point the third most populous town in
California. It was originally known as Hangtown because of its heavy gallows traffic. Peters,
California on Stone, page 138; Streeter sale V:2721.
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Sundry Amusements in the Mines.
Lithographed letter sheet, 8
3
/
4
x 10
3
/
4
inches plus attached blank leaf; minimal foxing, minor
edge wear, inked number in upper right corner.
San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
[1,000/1,500]
Four vignettes: “A Sundays Amusements” * “A Daily Pleasure” * “Occupation for Rainy
Days” * and “A Pleasant Surprise” (a bear warming itself by the fire in a miner’s tent). Peters,
California on Stone, page 78 and plate 39 (showing a later printing by Britton & Rey).
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