Author: MAWN, GEOFFREY P; MAWN, GEOFFREY P
Title: Jasper o'Farrell: Surveyor, Farmer & Politician (with Original Prospectus Laid-in) 350 Copies
Description: The Book Club of California, 2001. First limited. Hardcover. New. 350 unnumbered copies. Prospectus laid in. Not issued with a dust jacket. "Arriving in Alta California in 1843, twenty-six-year-old Jasper O'Farrell (1817-1875) aborted a planned journey up the Columbia River and over the Rockies to accept an appointment as Surveyor General of land grants in what is now Northern California. His practice continued from Mexican to American rule. Under O'Farrell's direction almost all of the land grants north of San Francisco Bay were surveyed, as were the layouts for the cities of San Francisco, Benicia, and Stockton." Now in a protective mylar cover. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 84 pages. Fine+ .

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