Lot Essay
Born in 1819 in Hamilton County, Indiana, Horatio G. Finch resided there until the age of 27 when he took a clerk's position in a quartermaster's office during the Mexican War. Three years later, in 1849, he traveled to California aboard the steamer Panama where he pursued several mining jobs at the north fork of the American River and at Big Bar. Later, he moved to Benicia and then to San Francisco where he again held a clerk's position in a quartermaster's office. Following the Civil War, Finch settled in Solano County and became a successful farmer.
Daguerreotypes of this size are very rare.
Daguerreotypes of this size are very rare.