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NV,Austin-Lander County,John Booth In Memoriam Booklet

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NV,Austin-Lander County,John Booth In Memoriam Booklet
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1884-An 8-page, paper covered booklet on the life and death of John Booth, (1818-1864), a native of York, England, who died in Austin. In his working life he had been a freight wagon driver, typesetter (for the Tombstone Epitaph), publisher and proprietor of the Silver State at Unionville, Humboldt County, and for a time boss of the Carson Register and Pioche Record. In 1873 he bought a partnership in the Reese River Reveille, and then started the Belmont Courier. In 1877 he became sole proprietor of the Reveille upon the death of his partner. Rare. HKA#64306