The California Gold Rush: A Trans-Pacific Phenomenon-U.S

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Introduction
Historical Background 
Primary Sources  
Edward Kemble, “San Francisco, 1848, First Drops of the Golden Shower,” Sacramento Daily Union, Saturday, March 22, 1873     
James K. Polk, Excerpt from State of the Union Address, December 5, 1848
“O Boys I’ve Struck It Heavy!” 1853      
“Chinese, Gold Mining in California”    
Foreign Miners License Stub, 1853      
“An Act to Prohibit Natives from Leaving the Islands,” The Polynesian, September 7, 1850        
Excerpt from the Diary of Miner Alfred Doten, December 22, 1851  
Louise Clappe, Excerpt from the “Shirley Letters,” 1851
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