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Sacramento

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Sac·ra·men·to  (skr-mnt)
The capital of California, in the north-central part of the state on the Sacramento River northeast of Oakland. Discovery of gold nearby in 1848 led to the growth of the original settlement as a trade and shipping center. It became the state capital in 1854. Population: 454,000.
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Noun1.SacramentoSacramento - a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California
capital of California
Calif., California, Golden State, CA - a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes


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Two months had come and gone before the convalescent in the Sacramento hospital was identified with Kirkman, the absconding San Francisco clerk; even then, there must elapse nearly a fortnight more till the perfect stranger could be hunted up, the portmanteau recovered, and John's letter carried at length to its destination, the seal still unbroken, the inclosure still intact.
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Eleven thousand men, women, and children were shot down on the streets of Sacramento or murdered in their houses.
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Alongside them were clippers of all sizes, steamers of all nationalities, and the steamboats, with several decks rising one above the other, which ply on the Sacramento and its tributaries.
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