“Abraham Lincoln,” Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, November 10, 1858

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Abraham Lincoln
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“Abraham Lincoln,” Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, November 10, 1858, p. 2.
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James Buchanan (New York Times)

Obituary
“Obituary: Death of James Buchanan...” New York Times, June 2, 1868, p. 4: 7.
Death of James Buchanan, Ex-President of the United States.
    JAMES BUCHANAN, the fifteenth President of the United States, died at half-past eight yesterday morning, at his residence in Wheatland.  He had been seriously ill for several days, and his decease was not unexpected...

Official Report of Gold Deposits, 1854 (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America... (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 566.

Official Report of Deposits of Gold from California.
At the various U. S. mints in 1848, $44,177
"        "         "        "          1849, 6,147,509 
"        "         "        "          1850, 36,074,062
"        "         "        "          1851, 55,938,232
Manifested shipments to U. S. ports in December, 1851, which did not reach the mints in 1851, . . . . 2,910,214

Gazetteer of the United States of America....

San Jose, California (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America... (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 567.
San Jose, Ca., c. h. Santa Clara co.  50 miles from San Francisco, is situated in one of the most pleasant and healthy valleys in California.  It is well watered, and for 20 miles N. and S. there is a perfect carriage road, with barely a mould of earth to lift a wheel.  Its advantages for gardens, fruits, and grains are of the highest order.  The quicksilver mines are about 20 miles S. of this city.
Gazetteer of the United States of America....

San Francisco, California (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America... (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 565-566.
San Francisco, Ca., c. h. San Francisco co. The entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, known as the Golden Gate, is about 3 miles wide, and is formed by a gap or opening, extending 5 or 6 miles through the range of mountains that runs along the coast of California. Table Hill, not far from the northern shore of this strait, is 2500 feet high. Opposite the entrance, just as it opens into the bay, are the Islands of Alcatraz and Yerba Buena.
Gazetteer of the United States of America....

Sacramento, California (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America.... (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 556.
Sacramento City, Ca., c. h. Sacramento co. This town, the second in California, is situated on the E. bank of the Sacramento River, at the junction of the American Fork, on the S. bank of that stream. The Sacramento, which is a fine river, varying from 200 to 300 yards in breadth, its banks fringed with trees, is navigable to this point at all seasons. The distance from San Francisco is about 120 miles. The plan of Sacramento is very simple.
Gazetteer of the United States of America....
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