[Rarebooks] FS: Speeches of Sen. Gwin in the U. S. Senate on private lands in the state of California. Washington: 1851

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(CALIFORNIA) Gwin, William McKendree. SPEECHES OF MR. GWIN, OF CALIFORNIA, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.  Washington, DC: Gideon & Co., Printers. 1851. x,171,(1)pp. Illustrated with 2 folding maps that are partially hand-colored. One map is of the world, "Illustrating the Relative Position of California and Its Commercial Advantages," (to Europe and Asia). The other map is a Township Plat exhibiting the United States' rectangular system of surveys for private land titles used in California. Disbound. Lower right corner of the World Map is clipped (very minor loss) and one crease has been reinforced on the verso.  Very scarce.      $850.00 (trade discount allowed)

Gwin (1805-1885), a pro-slavery California Senator from 1850 to 1861, is credited with establishing the U. S. Mint in San Francisco. John Howell Books, Catalog 50, #587. Cowan p. 256.

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