San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, 1969 California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA. 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine;, light bottom shelfwear; light dust soiling. DJ: Near Fine; NOT price clipped ($9.95). light surface rubbing. Blue cloth boards with green overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and bank front in gilt on front. Maps as endpapers 446 pp 8vo. Sherman had a gift for writing and as a senior resident partner of a banking house in San Francisco, he wrote frequent reports and letters to the home office in St. Louis. Most of these letters were preserved and printed here for the first time giving a good look at Gold Rush Banking. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005205
Title: William Tecumseh Sherman; Gold Rush Banker
Author: Dwight L. Clarke
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: California Historical Society
Place of Publication: San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 1969
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Gold Rush, California Banking, Civil War, gold mining, letters, correspondence, business letters, Vigilance Committee, Wells Fargo, Bank of California, gold dust, Adams and Co., coinage, gold coins,

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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