Historical Outline of Lower California

New York: E. S. Dodge & Co, 1865. Historical Outline of Lower California. New York: E. S. Dodge & Co., 1865.

First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 223 x 146 mm).[1]-46, [2, blank] pp.

Original grey printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped along lower portion of the spine and slightly chipped along edges. Some light foxing throughout. Overall a very good copy.

"Jacob Primer Leese was a Santa Fe trader who settled in San Francisco in 1836 and engaged in the hide and tallow trade with Yankee ships. He married a sister of General Vallejo and became very wealthy. In 1863, Leese and other promoters founded the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company and obtained a land grant from the Mexican government of some 46,800 square miles between the 24th and 31st parallels of latitude in Baja California. They failed to meet their obligations, however, and the grant was transferred to another party in 1866. The outline was written "in the interest of the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company." In addition to details on the grant, it provides material on the discovery, early settlements, missions, mineral resources, and pearl fisheries of Baja California." (Hill, 998).

Hill, 998. Sabin, 39834.

HBS 64770.

$2,500.