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Wilkes, George 1820-1885

Journalist; born in New York City in 1820; became co-editor of the Spirit of the times in New York, and afterwards its proprietor; and received the grand cross of the Order of St. Stanislas from the Russian Emperor in 1870 for suggesting an overland railroad to China. His publications include History of California, Geographical and political, and Europe in a hurry. He died in New York City, Sept. 23, 1885.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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