John A. Sutter's Last Days. The Bidwell Letters.
first edition
1986 · Sacramento
by Ottley, Allan R. [Editor]
Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1986 First edition. One of 410 copies, printed by the Feathered Serpent Press. 63pp. Frontis portrait, 5 portraits; notes and bibliography. Cloth-backed printed gray boards. Small oval bookplate. A fine copy. Hitherto unpublished letters between Annie and John Bidwell concerning the decline, death, and burial of John A. Sutter three thousand miles away from California. Also includes an overall sketch of the California experiences of Sutter, his great losses to the gold seekers, his long campaign for justice, and the many memorials erected in his honor since his death; a poem by Henry Morford, a eulogy on Sutter by Gen. Horatio G. Gibson, recollections of Sutter by Gen. John C. Frémont, etc. Original prospectus laid in.. (Inventory #: 7507)