The Acquisitions Table: The Californian
December 28th, 2011 by Vincent Golden
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The Californian (San Francisco, CA). 70 issues, 1864-1867.
This bound volume of The Californian begins with the first issue of May 28, 1864. It was primarily a weekly literary periodical with some local news thrown in. Charles Henry Webb started the paper but Bret Harte soon succeeded him as the editor. One of the contributors hired by Harte was Mark Twain—this volume contains at least 11 articles penned by Twain.



