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Campbell, J.L. Idaho. Six months in the new gold diggings. The emigrant's guide overland

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04157 Author/Creator: Campbell, J.L. Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Book Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 v. : 62 p. : ill. : map ; 21.7 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy

Cover title reads "Idaho. Six months in the new gold regions. The emigrant's guide." Title page subtitle reads "Itinerary of the routes, features of the country, journal of residence, etc., etc." and "New York: Published by J.L. Campbell. 1864." With frontispiece map and original color pictorial cover. Pages 53-62 are advertisements.

Campbell, J.L., fl. 1864

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