Athenaeum Saloon, San Francisco, May 1860: "This nomination was so wholly unexpected that the Republicans of the state appear to have had their breath knocked clean out of them for several days after its reception..."
Assuming the picture of Mary Ellen Pleasant is a photograph, it is obvious to me as a master Chinese face reader (ancient branch of Chinese medicine) that this woman was indeed living under intense pressure and stress, at least when this picture was taken.
"Reverend Jeremiah B. Sanderson, who had charge of the colored school from 1959." <-- typo for 1859?
California history After the Gold Rush: Chapter 17 - Mary Ellen Pleasant, The Executive Committee
Assuming the picture of Mary Ellen Pleasant is a photograph, it is obvious to me as a master Chinese face reader (ancient branch of Chinese medicine) that this woman was indeed living under intense pressure and stress, at least when this picture was taken.
"Reverend Jeremiah B. Sanderson, who had charge of the colored school from 1959." <-- typo for 1859?