CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TREASURE SHIPWRECK CIVIL WAR NEWS 1862 for Sale

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TREASURE SHIPWRECK CIVIL WAR NEWS 1862 For Sale

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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TREASURE SHIPWRECK CIVIL WAR NEWS 1862:
$95.00

The San Francisco owned steamboat SS Golden Gate burned and sank July 27, 1862 enroute from Mexico to California and despite partial salvage, some 1.4 million dollars in gold was believed to remain with the wreck. The sinking of the burning steamer off is the subject of a famous Currier and Ives lithograph. An original historic issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1862, w front page headlines incl \"The Burning of the Golden Gate\" w news of the loss of the ship enroute from California with a large part of her passengers and crew and millions in California gold bullion naming thepassengers and crewmen who were saved, and those who are lost in the sinking. The paper also devotes headlines & news to the events & latest battles of the Civil War. The complete 8pp issue is complete, disbound with edge cuts, front pages VG, back pages with margin damage, overall Fair Condition.