T. Butler King's Report on California. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting the Report of T. Butler King, esq., heretofore appointed bearer of dispatches and special agent to California
[Washington DC]: House of Representatives Executive Document 59, 1850. First Edition. 32pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Very good. Stab holes at spine. Item #10969
King arrived in California on June 4, 1849, by way of the Isthmus of Panama. In this government report, laid on the table March 27, 1850, King reported on the conditions of California and its potential, and gave Washington its first official information on the gold strike. While in California, he served as the U.S. Collector of Customs at San Francisco. He argued for the exclusion of foreigners from the mines. King also recognized the serious plight of the miners working the diggings. Cowan [II] p.330. Howes K153. Kurutz 377a. Wheat, Books 118.
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