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LEADER: 01531cam 22003131 4500
001 40012573
003 DLC
005 20050517190118.0
008 770929s1938 cau 000 0 eng
010 $a 40012573
035 $a(OCoLC)3305171
040 $aDLC$cNmU$dOCoLC$dDLC
042 $apremarc
050 00 $aF865$b.W77
082 $a979.4
100 1 $aWiltsee, Ernest A.$q(Ernest Abram)
245 10 $aGold rush steamers of the Pacific,$cby Ernest A. Wiltsee.
260 $aSan Francisco,$bThe Grabhorn press,$c1938.
300 $ax p., 1 l., 367, [1] p.$bcol. front., plates, ports., facsims.$c26 cm.
500 $aMap on lining-papers.
500 $a"500 copies printed."
500 $a"This volume on the ships to California from 1848 to 1869 evolved from a study of the propaganda hand stamps used by the steamship companies on the letters carried by their vessels ... To complete the study it seemed advisable to bring in, at least in a minor way, the other agencies that eventually released the then far-off Pacific coast from its isolation."--Foreword.
500 $a"Appendix A. An account as nearly complete as possible, of the practice of using the mails for propaganda to an extent never equalled on any other steamers in the world": p. 316-339.
650 0 $aVoyages to the Pacific coast.
651 0 $aCalifornia$xGold discoveries.
650 0 $aSteamboat lines$zUnited States
650 0 $aMail steamers$zUnited States
650 0 $aPostal service$zUnited States
650 0 $aPostage-stamps$zUnited States.