"lies, damned lies, and statistics" 1856??

[Jim Parish]

Stephen Goranson wrote:
> Report of Select Committee in Relation to U.S. Land Commissioners
> [Google Books
> snippet and small title page that seems to match the WorldCat description for
> 1856, though google gives 1845; Google gives as page 25 though WorldCat and
> Google say 11 pages; Stanford Law copy].  By California Legislature. Assembly
> 1845? 1856?

California didn't become a state until 1850, so 1845 sounds extremely
unlikely.

Jim Parish

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