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John Bidwell Autograph Signed Letter [152473]

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John Bidwell Autograph Signed Letter [152473]
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August 13, 1896 4pp letter signed by John Bidwell, dateline "Camp in Sierra Nevada Mts-Plumas Co". To Dr. Stephen Bowers, Los Angeles, Cal. Bidwell was the first man to lead wagons over the Sierra Nevada before it became known as Donner Pass. Letter was written while "camping out for rest and health". "The liquor grower(or power?) must be overthrown" on page 3.

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State: California
City: Plumas County
Provenance: Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining Museum