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[John Smith’s Story]

Repository: California Historical Society

 

Digital object ID: MS Vault 32_002

 

Call Number: MS Vault 32

 

Collection: Hiram Hurlbut papers

 

Date: 1851

 

Physical Description: 9 lithographs; 22 x 26 cm. overall.

 

General Note: Lith. of Pollard & Peregoy San Francisco. Published by Lovegrove & Murray Sacto. City.

 

Scope and Contents: Nine crude vignettes illustrating the cautionary tale of John Smith, who travels to California, makes a "pile," loses it gambling, reforms, rebuilds his fortune, and returns home.

 

Preferred citation: [John Smith’s Story], Hiram Hurlbut papers, MS Vault 32, courtesy, California Historical Society, MS Vault 32_002.

 

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