![3733190] The Life-Story of Simeon Brownell, A Man Who Has Played a Prominent Part in the History...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png)
First edition, privately-printed, and a presentation copy. The entertaining and slightly hubristic biography of Simeon Brownell (b. 1821), a revolver-toting anti-slavery activist, Underground Railroad conductor..... Read More about The Life-Story of Simeon Brownell, A Man Who Has Played a Prominent Part in the History of His Time
![3733317] Cabinet card photograph of Henry Ward Beecher published in San Francisco, California....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733317_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1679363111)
A Californian photography studio’s photograph of Henry Ward Beecher (d. 1887), the famed clergyman, orator, reformer, and abolitionist. Beecher’s name is printed in facsimile at..... Read More about Cabinet card photograph of Henry Ward Beecher published in San Francisco, California
![3732466] The Bobcat of Hell’s Gulch. Dr. Harry D. Hubbard, Stellann Howeth](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732466_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1679512178)
First edition, first printing of this privately-printed historical novel on the Trahern Party of 1853, travelers from Victoria, Texas to Stockton, California. Philadelphia: Dorrance &..... Read More about The Bobcat of Hell’s Gulch
![3731980] Telephone Directory. Sacramento. Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Nevada Placer, Sutter, Yolo...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731980_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1654112321)
A handsome example of this scarce Depression-era California phone book. Printed in three columns, names, addresses, and phone numbers for residential and commercial entities, some..... Read More about Telephone Directory. Sacramento. Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Nevada Placer, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba...
![3729963] [1892 Autograph Letter Signed by School Founder John Downey, i.e., Brother Sabinian,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729963_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1611594432)
Letter from the founder of the Catholic institution St. Mary’s College, Brother Sabinian [i.e., John Downey], i.e., an Irishman of birth who died in 1909..... Read More about 1892 Autograph Letter Signed by School Founder John Downey, i.e., Brother Sabinian, writing from...
![3729940] [History of the American Flag:] 62d Congress, 1st Session. H. Con. Res. 16. In the House...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729940_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1610402761)
A concurrent resolution likely put forth by California Representative Everis Anson Ayes “prescribing a new form for the American flag.” Hayes first introduced this resolution..... Read More about History of the American Flag:] 62d Congress, 1st Session. H. Con. Res. 16. In the House of...
![3729939] [History of the American Flag:] 63d Congress, 1st Session. H. Con. Res. 6. In the House...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729939_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1610402761)
A concurrent resolution likely put forth by California Representative Everis Anson Ayes “prescribing a new form for the American flag.” Hayes had first introduced this..... Read More about History of the American Flag:] 63d Congress, 1st Session. H. Con. Res. 6. In the House of...
![3726573] [1872–1936: Kize G. Lamb and Annie P. Koch Lamb Family of California, Archive of 42...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726573_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1683237953)
Archive of letters and papers of the Kize Gilchrist Lamb and Annie P. née Koch Lamb Family of California, 1872 to 1936. The majority of..... Read More about 1872–1936: Kize G. Lamb and Annie P. Koch Lamb Family of California, Archive of 42 Letters plus...
![3726058] [1879 Autograph Letter Signed by Lawyer James B. Townsend, 1849 Member of Gold Rush of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726058_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1534362328)
Unusual love letter from 1849 California Gold Rush pioneer and lawyer, James B. Townsend, here writing to his beloved “Josie C.” Townsend is listed as..... Read More about 1879 Autograph Letter Signed by Lawyer James B. Townsend, 1849 Member of Gold Rush of Society of...
![3725454] Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3725454_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1580241058)
A rare four-page circular for Grizzly Adams, a western frontier-themed play: “No Shooting or Yelling Indians, But a Truthfully Depicted Idyl of American Life on..... Read More about Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization entitled...
![3724668] Report of the Secretary Of War, Communicating ... A Report of E. F. Beale of his...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3724668_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1642543469)
Beale’s preliminary report upon his arrival in California after a 48-day journey to explore a suitable route for wagons from Fort Defiance, New Mexico to..... Read More about Report of the Secretary Of War, Communicating ... A Report of E. F. Beale of his Exploration for...
![372402] Eureka Quartz Mining Company, Eldorado County, California. Eureka Quartz Mining Company](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/372402_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1646712318)
1850s California stock certificate printed for the Eureka Quartz Mining Company of Eldorado County, California. A vignette illustration depicts a mining scene with miners swinging..... Read More about Eureka Quartz Mining Company, Eldorado County, California
