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Edward Kemble, “San Francisco, 1848, First Drops of the Golden Shower,” Sacramento Daily Union...

James K. Polk Excerpt from State of the Union Address, December 5, 1848

“O Boys I’ve Struck It Heavy!” (sketch from miner's journal), 1853

“Chinese, Gold Mining in California” (image from magazine; author and date unknown)

Foreign Miners License Stub, 1853

“Act to Prohibit Natives from Leaving the Islands,” The Polynesian, September 7, 1850

Excerpt from the Diary of Miner Alfred Doten, December 22, 1851

Louise Clappe, Excerpt from the "Shirley Letters," 1851

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