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City of Sonora, California Gold Rush Bond [155363]

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City of Sonora, California Gold Rush Bond [155363]
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500.00USDto 8*************e+ buyer's premium (100.00)
This item SOLD at 2022 Dec 03 @ 21:56UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Very rare to find a Gold Rush era bond for a mining camp other than SF or Sacramento. City of Sonora Bond, $100. No. 39, issued May 4th, 1853, in accordance with an Ordinance approved January 28th, 1853. Signed by the city clerk, John Sedgwick, treasurer Butin(?), and (on the reverse) mayor G. Washington Patrick. Black print on thin paper with pink seal and circular vignette showing miners and the town's incorporation in 1851. Lith. of SP Butler, SF. 6.75 x 10" Pinholes, folds, creases. Sonora was located by Mexican Miners during the Gold Rush. It is located in the southern portion of the Mother Lode in Tuolumne County, California. George Washington Patrick was an early settler of Sonora and one of its first mayors. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Patrick left Sonora to volunteer his services to the Confederate Army. Although he was refused a commission and did not serve in the army, he remained in the south until his death in 1886.

Date: 1853
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Sonora
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