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| Born in Newark, New Jersey, Alfred DeWitt headed West in 1849 and joined the Gold Rush of California. He pursued mining for several months and then became a merchant in San Francisco and painted in his spare time. His work is in the Society of California Pioneers.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" |
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