"Joseph Tracy" (1793–1874) was a Protestant Christian religious minister/minister, newspaper editing/editor, historian and leading figure in the American Colonization Society of the early to mid-19th century. He is noted as a typical figure of the New England Renaissance.

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April 18, 1906 will be one that few people in California will forget.

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Ready cash is quite at a premium. Financial matters are to (sic) complicated by reason of every bank in the city being burned out, that the banks here have closed; and everybody has to get along with what money he has in his pocket.

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