Buy this book on-line Folsom, Joseph Libbey : Letter of Captain J. L. Folsom to the Secretary of the National Institute at Washington, D. CToyon Press, San Francisco, California, 1948
Facsimile copy of letter in paper folder with introductory notes by Neal Harlow and transcription of letter. Number 8 in the "Letters of the Gold Discovery" series published for the members of the Book Club of California. Joseph Libbey Folsom (1817-1855) was a U. S. Army officer who served in California under the command of Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson starting in 1847. While in California, he purchased land that eventually became the town of Folsom after his death. This letter accompanied seven gold specimens from the American River that he sent to the National Institute in Washington, D. C., including one of the first specimens discovered by James Marshall. After the dissolution of the National Institute in 1861, these specimens came to the Smithsonian Institution, and the one discovered by Marshall is still exhibited in the Museum of Natural History.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Folsom, Joseph Libbey : Letter of Captain J. L. Folsom to the Secretary of the National Institute at Washington, D. C. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, livres illustrées, libri rari, libri antichi and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |