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Sept 12 1872
to visit the City. We visited the Merchants Library contained
33000 volums. We visited the Williamette Woollen Manufact-
uring Co goods, & the Merchants Exchange, Chamber of
Commerse. San Francisco is a vary fine place. The City
looks as though it was 100 years old instead of 20. It contains
175000 Inhabitants & a vast amount of wealth Expended in
building it up. We visited the Chineese part of the City
Their God Josh, with their Eternal fires burning, we
saw them ingaged in their various persuits they ...
