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Edward McGowan

(McGowan, Edward, 1813-1893)

Edward McGowan (March 12, 1813 – December 8, 1893) was an American lawyer, Pennsylvania assemblyman, Judge of the California Court of Quarter Sessions, poet, Fraser Canyon gold seeker, adventurer, assistant sergeant-at-arms in the United States Congress, newspaper publisher and bon vivant instigator of the eponymous McGowan's War in colonial British Columbia. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by Edward McGowan:

McGowan, Edward, 1813-1893: Narrative of Edward McGowan (San Francisco: Printed by T. C. Russell, 1917) (multiple formats at archive.org)

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McGowan, Edward, 1813-1893: Narrative of Edward McGowan, including a full account of the author's adventures and perils while persecuted by the San Francisco vigilance committee of 1856, together with a report of his trial, which resulted in his acquittal ... (Printed by T.C. Russell, at his private press, 1917), also by Thomas C. Russell (page images at HathiTrust)

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