1864 Jan 14, General Sherman began his march to the South. (MC, 1/14/02) 1864 Jan 16, A celebration was held in San Jose for the completion of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad. (Ind, 4/20/02, 5A) 1864 Jan 24, Eliza Sinclair (d.1892), a widow from New Zealand, paid the Hawaiian monarchy $10,000 in gold for the 70-square-mile Hawaiian island of Niihau. Her son-in-law, Valdemar Knudsen, later paid an additional 1,000 silver dollars for 50 acres that were not included in the original deal. (www.clansinclairusa.org/articles/march2001/elizabeth.php)
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