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| John Hovey left Salem, MA in 1849, Hovey arrived in San Francisco with the Gold Rush and spent two years mining in the Mother Lode area. His journal, complete with rough drawings and watercolors, including one of Sutter's Fort, is held in the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Pictorial (Van Nostrand & Coulter); First 100 Years of Painting in California (J. Van Nostrand); New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artist in America. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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