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Title: The Mariposa Estate: Its Past, Present and Future. Comprising the Official Report of J. Ross Browne (U.S. commissioner) upon its Mineral Resources, transmitted to Congress on the 5th of March, 1868 by the Hon Hugh McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and other documents; with a review of the causes which led to the late failure of the Mariposa Company and the transfer of the estate to the trustees... Author: [Stillwell, Benjamin Marshal] Place: New York Publisher: Russells' American Steam Printing House Date: 1868 Description: 62 pp. Large folding color lithographed map of the estate as frontispiece. (8vo) 22.2x13 cm. 8¾x5¼"), original gilt-lettered cloth. First Edition. Investigation into the convoluted finances of John Charles Frémont's Mariposa Estate, which he acquired in 1847 amidst some controversy, and which was to make him at least a temporary fortune, since it contained three profitable gold mining districts. Notable for the large color map, "Las Mariposas Estate, Mariposas County, California. Containing 44,386 83/100 Acres or 70 Square Miles," 63x50 cm. (15x19½"). The margins of the map are trimmed close to the neat line; this probably accounts for the lack of note, Max Strobel Engineer, in the lower right margin which appears in earlier appearances of the map. Warren Heckrotte notes that "The map is the same as appeared in two earlier books on the Mariposa Estate, 1861 and 1863. According to the text in the 1861 publication, The Mariposas Estate, this map is taken from the Patent issued to Fremont for the land." Bookplate of Roger K. Larson. Provenance: PBA, 4/26/97 Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends chipped, corners showing; faint offsetting to map; very good. Item number: 265790a