With a presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, dated December 13, 1869 at Grass Valley, California. "Alonzo Delano... crossed the Missouri River at Saint Joseph in mid-April of 1849 and entered California by way of Lassen's Cutoff, arriving on the Feather River on September 9. He became a well-known and prosperous banker in Grass Valley, where he finally made his home..." - Wagner-Camp. Cowan, p.163; Graff, 1042; Howes, D230; Kurutz, 177; Rocq, 6041; Sabin, 19348; Wagner-Camp, 238:1; Wheat Books, 57.