I had thought that Dana's chair was named after the John Marshall (b. 1755) who was Chief Justice IOW and a likely Walker in this timeline, but Sobel has "James Marshall" so this would seem to be someone else. IOW James Wilson Marshall (1810-1885) was the man who first found gold at Sutter's Mill, though he never struck it rich himself. (DAMB)
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