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Foreign Miners Tax documents, 1850-1867.

A foreign miners tax license.

Peter Hardeman Burnett - circa 1860

[Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807-1895), first Governor of California]

California Gold Diggers, Mining Operations on the Western Shore of the Sacramento River

A group of miners along a river.

Laws of the State of California An act for the government and protection of Indians.

Act for the Government and Protection of Indians which was passed in California in 1850.

Pictures of Gold Rush California

Narratives of aspects of life in California during the gold rush era.

Articles of agreement, July 28, 1849

Labor (coolie) contract between Jacop P. Leese of Monterey, Calif. and Ahine Chinaman.

City Bonds Once More.

Newspaper article about 3 African Americans arrested for being fugitive slaves in California.

African American and white gold miners at "Spanish Flat," Placerville (vicinity), 1852

White and African American miner working together during the California gold rush.

African American miner during the California gold rush at Auburn Ravine, Auburn, 1852

African American miner holding tool during California gold rush

[Gold miners, El Dorado, California]

Miners standing near a ditch with a log cabin in the background.