Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.) Mariposa City. Lithographed letter sheet, 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches plus attached blank leaf; minimal foxing, minor edge wear, ink stains in bottom margin, inked number in upper right corner. San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]

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John C. Frémont owned much of the land around Mariposa at this time, and grew wealthy from its productive gold fields. The present town is just south of Yosemite National Park. Peters, California on Stone, page 138.