WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN: GOLD RUSH BANKER (SIGNED); the Civil War Genreral's Pre-War Career as a Banker in San Francisco
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1969. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. (xviii) 446 pp. SIGNED in ink by Author, banker and historian Clarke on the half-title. Illustrated dust jacket. Letter form California Historical Society and Prospectus from Lane Magazine & Book Company laid in. Map endpapers. Illustated from period photographs, including pre and post 1906 Earthquake photographs of the Bank of Lucas-Turner at the corner of Montgomery and Jackson Streets, San Francisco. Clothbacked cloth. 6" x 9". Notes. Bibliography. Index. The story of Sherman's pre-Civil War years (1853-1857) as a banker in San Franccisco, drawing from his letter reports. Much about Gold Rush San Francisco, including the Vigilance Committee of 1856. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust acket (rubbed at head of spine), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address. Fine / Near Fine. Item #2642
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