A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide: With a Minute and Interesting Account of One of the Largest Emigrating Companies ... from the East to the Pacific Coast : and ... Account of "the Virtual Conquest of California, in June 1846, by the Bear Flag Party," as Given by Its Leader, the Late Hon. William Brown Ide |
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