[bvw]

Maybe had he married he wouldn't have died mysteriously and in considerable debt.

[eddie willers]

Maybe had he married he wouldn't have died mysteriously and in considerable debt.

After his death, Leidesdorff's mother sold the rights to the land to Joseph Folsom for $75,000. A few months later, pioneers discovered gold in the region, raising the value of Leidesdorff's former land holdings to $1.5 million.

Things that make you go hmmmmm.