Description: History of Political Conventions in California 1849-1892 Winfield J. Davis Sacramento: Publications of the California State Library, 1893. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 711pp. Includes Biographical Sketches of Governors; Register of Officers of the State of California; Index. Original brown cloth; gilt lettering to spine. A near fine copy "Based on painstaking research, this encyclopedia of state politics starts with the first political mass meeting in California, the Democratic Convention held in San Francisco on October 25, 1849, and concludes with the state convention of July 26, 1892." Kurutz, Sloan Z80:28. The standard authority on the history of politics in the Golden State written by the historian for the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers. (Cowan II pg. 161; Graff 1024; Howes D:142; Streeter V:3015; Zamorano Eighty #28) Inside states "Hugh Tolford's Copy" in pencil. We have no information on this statement other than was written inside at some point.
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Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Davis, Winfield J
Publisher: California State Library
Topic: Political
Subject: Americana
Year Printed: 1893
Original/Facsimile: Original