Pioneer among the Argonauts : being about the life and times of his grandfather, Captain John Clar : typescript, 1960.

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Pioneer among the Argonauts : being about the life and times of his grandfather, Captain John Clar : typescript, 1960.

Notes on his grandfather's service in the U.S. Navy, with visits to California in 1836 and 1842; arrival in California as a '49er on the bark, Alexander von Humboldt, from Panama; acquisition of land in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties; service with the U.S. Land Commission; residence in Santa Barbara and San Francisco.

1 vol. (iii, 69 leaves) and supplement.

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