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Reminiscences and Incidents of The Early Days of San Francisco Reminiscences and Incidents of The Early Days of San Francisco John Henry Brown The English-born John Henry Brown (1810-1905) went to sea at an early age and was living among the Cherokees in 1843 when he set out for the Pacific Coast. Reminiscences and incidents of "the early d… OL1287336W
Summa Theologica Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas,Kennedy, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1930 Thomas's magnum opus, comprising a systematic integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christianity. Covers topics such as the nature and existence of God, human nature, law and morality and the r… OL15314568W
Six months in the gold mines Six months in the gold mines E. Gould Buffum Edward Gould Buffum (1820-1867), a New York journalist, came to California as an officer in the 7th Regiment of N.Y. Volunteers during the Mexican War. He stayed on to seek gold and edit a California… OL1617999W
California, in-doors and out California, in-doors and out Eliza W. Farnham During her three years as matron of the Female Prison at Sing Sing, 1844-1848, Eliza Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) tried to institute reforms based on phrenology. Discharged from the post, she soon lea… OL1618021W
Mountains and molehills Mountains and molehills Frank Marryat Frank Marryat (1826-1855) left England for California via Panama with a manservant and three hunting dogs in 1850, hoping to find material for a book like his earlier Borneo. On his return to England… OL1618059W
Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn Samuel Curtis Upham Samuel Curtis Upham (1819-1885) was a clerk in a Philadelphia merchant house when he decided to try his luck in California in January, 1849. Sailing round the Horn, he visited Rio de Janeiro and Talc… OL1618068W
A picture of pioneer times in California A picture of pioneer times in California William Francis White William Francis White (1829-1891?) and his young wife sailed from New York in 1849 round the Horn to San Francisco, where he set up an import business. He later represented Santa Cruz in the state co… OL1618072W
John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838 John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838 R. A. Melikan John Scott, Lord Eldon (1751--1838) was a dominant figure in Georgian public life, and ranks among the most important Lord Chancellors in the long history of that office. This biography - the fir… OL1973843W
California illustrated California illustrated J. M. Letts John M. Letts of New York sailed for California via Panama in January 1849. California illustrated (1853) describes that voyage and his landing in San Francisco. Next he travels to Sacramento and the… OL218692W
A pioneer pastorate and times A pioneer pastorate and times Williams, Albert Albert Williams (1809-1893) was pastor of a church in Clifton, New Jersey, when the Presbyterian Board of Missions sent him to California via Panama in February 1849. A pioneer pastorate (1879) recal… OL235999W
The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52 The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe Educated in Amherst, Massachusetts, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe (1819-1906) accompanied her physician-husband to California in 1849. The couple first lived in mining camps where Dr. Clappe pract… OL2735558W
Reason in law Reason in law Lief H. Carter Previous editions : 1998 (5th) ; and 2002 (6th). OL489592W
In the Footprints of the Padres In the Footprints of the Padres Charles Warren Stoddard Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) and his family left Rochester, New York, for California in 1855. In the 1870s and 1880s, he became a well known writer of travel books, most notably his South-Sea … OL5081402W
Life by land and sea Life by land and sea Prentice Mulford Born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, Prentice Mulford (1834-1891) sailed to San Francisco on a clipper in 1856 and remained for sixteen years. He left for a long tour of Europe in 1872 and then settled i… OL5449335W
Recollections of a newspaperman Recollections of a newspaperman Frank Aleamon Leach Frank Aleamon Leach (b. 1846) published the Vallejo Evening Chronicle, 1867-1886; and the Oakland Enquirer, 1886-1898. He retired from journalism to become superintendent of the San Francisco Mint, 1… OL7000690W
Narrative of Edward McGowan Narrative of Edward McGowan Edward McGowan Edward McGowan (1807-1893) left behind a controversial career as a former Pennsylvania legislator and police superintendent when he came to San Francisco in 1849. There he entered Democratic politics… OL7525182W
Memoirs Of Elisha Oscar Crosby Memoirs Of Elisha Oscar Crosby Elisha Oscar Crosby Elisha Oscar Crosby (1818-1895), a New York lawyer, fell victim to "California fever" and sailed for the West in December 1848. In California he had a distinguished legal and political career that le… OL7687949W
Eldorado Eldorado David Augustus Shaw David Augustus Shaw left Marengo, Illinois, in 1850 for the overland trail to California, where he settled in Pasadena and was an active member of the local Society of Pioneers. Eldorado (1900) recor… OL7712454W
A Backward Glance at Eighty A Backward Glance at Eighty Charles A. Murdock Charles Albert Murdock (1841-1928) left Massachusetts for California in 1855 with his mother, sister and brother. For many years he was editor of the Pacific Unitarian Magazine and one of the state's… OL7758080W
Sketches of travels in South America, Mexico and California Sketches of travels in South America, Mexico and California L. M. Schaeffer A native of Frederick, Maryland, Luther Melanchthon Schaeffer sailed around the Horn to California in 1849. He spent most of the next two-and-a-half years in the gold fields, mining on the Feather Ri… OL7836374W
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