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San Francisco,CA - 1854 (1)1863(3) - Daily Alta California Newspapers :

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San Francisco,CA - 1854 (1)1863(3) - Daily Alta California Newspapers :
Lot of four items, including: 1) Tuesday, December 15, 1863; Vol. XV. No. 5039; 2) Monday, December 28, 1863; Vol. XV. No. 5051; 3) Tuesday, December 29, 1863; Vol. Xv. No. 5052; and 4) Monday, February 27, 1854; Vol. 5, No. 57. Much of the content contained are advertisements and notices, with some local news of interest and current prices. Of special interest is the shipping information, covering arrivals and departures. The Daily Alta California descended from the first newspaper published in the city, Samuel Brannan’s California Star, which debuted on January 9, 1847. Brannan, who had assisted in publishing several Mormon newspapers in New York, brought a small press with him when he immigrated to California in 1846. The California Star was the city's only newspaper until an older publication, The Californian, moved to Yerba Buena (as San Francisco was then called) from Monterey in mid-1847. The California Star appeared weekly until June 14, 1848, when it shut down because its entire staff had left for the gold fields, while its rival newspaper had suspended publication for the same reason on May 29. Later that year, Cleveland Kemble acquired both the moribund California Star and The Californian. Kemble resumed publication of the combined papers under the name Star and Californian on November 18, 1848. By 1849, Robert B. Semple controlled the paper and changed its name to the Alta California. On January 22, the paper began daily publication, the first to do so in California. On July 4, 1849, Semple began printing the Daily Alta California on a new steam press, first its kind in the west. The newspaper was publication until June 2, 1891 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Alta_California].