Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review"

Entry/Object ID

2013.57.1.1

Description

A bound volume of "Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review," Volume 32 (January to June), published by Freeman Hunt, New York, 1855. Among the contents is a short article about a 161-pound gold nugget located at Calaveras County, California; a three-page piece with tables of data on gold production in California from 1851 to 1854; adjoining articles on wheat growing and cattle raising, with statistics by county, from California; and a table of shipments of California gold in 1853 and 1854 by port of entry internationally. With a split hinge, much rubbing and some soiling to the boards and damp stained pages, the condition is fair.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cattle--Marking--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Cattle brands--Los Angeles County (Calif.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Magazines (Periodicals)