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JOHN SUTTER by YVOR WINTERS

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First Line: I WAS THE PATRIARCH OF THE SHINING LAND
Subject(s): CALIFORNIA - GOLD DISCOVERIES; SUTTER, JOHN (1803-1880); FAILURE; GOLD RUSH; FORTY-NINERS;

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