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| Series: | New York Weekly v. 19 no. 38 (page 4) |
| Item: | Prospecting in '49; or, The Immense "Find!" |
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True, Royal
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| Date: |
August 11, 1864 |
| First Sentence: | It was near the close of a glorious summer's day in '49, that the crazy old ship in which I had embarked for the "El Dorado" of the western world, sailed up the bay of San Francisco, and dropped her anchor before the modern Babel. |