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1) From page 1 of Letter from Maud Maxson to her mother, Mrs. Arthur L.Maxson, 1870, June 25-Aug. 25

2) US gunboat Owasco at sea. Oil painting, artist unknown, circa 1863.

3) Detail from Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871..., Gores, 1929. (From Map Collections: 1500-1999, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.)

4) From page 1 of Journal kept by Alfred Terry aboard the ship VESPER, 1846 September 15 -1849 June

5) From page 1 of Logbook kept on board the schooner GAZELLE by Orlando Stoddard, 1850

6) From page 1 of Journal kept by Henry Green, master, on board the ship SABINA, 1849, Feb. 8 -1850, May 11