DIGGING FOR GOLD WITHOUT A SHOVEL: The Letters of Daniel Wadsworth Coit from Mexico City to San Francisco, 1848-1851

Published by Old West Publishing Company, Denver, 1967

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Edited, with an Introduction by George P. Hammond. Frontispiece portrait, with reproductions of 16 drawings. Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1967. First edition, limited to 1,250 copies designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. This work includes twenty-one lengthy letters written by Coit from Mexico and San Francisco to his wife that date from February 10, 1848 to December 13, 1851. According to Hammond, "Coit was one of the successful financiers of the city." The letters provide an outstanding glimpse of the business and social life of San Francisco during that "Golden Spring." His business activities allowed the leisure time to produce a series of beautifully detailed pencil sketches of San Francisco and Benicia, eight of which are reproduced herein. Quarto. Full red cloth binding, with pictorial black stamping on the front and gilt titles. A fine copy in an acetate dust wrapper. Kurutz, G.: The California Gold Rush, #142.

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Title
DIGGING FOR GOLD WITHOUT A SHOVEL: The Letters of Daniel Wadsworth Coit from Mexico City to San Francisco, 1848-1851
Author
Coit, Daniel Wadsworth
Publisher
Old West Publishing Company, Denver
Publication year
1967
Condition
Fine
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Binding
Hardcover
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First edition.
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