The inside story of the gold rush
By: by Jacques Antoine Morenhout ... translated and edited from documents in the French archives by Abraham P. Nasatir, in collaboration with George Ezra Dane who wrote the introduction and conclusion ...
Contributors: Nasatir, Abraham Phineas, 1904-; Dane, G. Ezra 1904-1941.; France. Ministère des affaires étrangères. Archives.; France. Ministère des affaires étrangères.
Series: Special publication ;; no. 8; Special publication (California Historical Society) ;; no. 8.
Publisher: California historical society
Published: 1935
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Ethnic groups -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: Jacques Antoine Moerenhout (1796-1879) was the French consul at Monterey in 1848. The inside story of the gold rush (1935) contains Moerenhout's official dispatches concerning the discovery of gold in California. He reports his trip to the goldfields above Sacramento in July 1848 as well as later developments in the Gold Rush, 1848-1850.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
Consul Moerenhout's correspondence and report relative to the California gold discoveries, addressed to the French minister of foreign affairs, May 15, 1848 to October 28, 1849.
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