Statement of events in California as related by : ms., 1878.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Statement of events in California as related by : ms., 1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26118709

Comments on voyage to California from New York via the Isthmus, Dec. 1848; description of San Francisco; trips to the mines; practice of law; service as delegate to the state constitutional convention; election to the state Senate from the Sacramento district; views on land claims; criticism of the U.S. Land Commission to Settle Private Land Claims in California; return to New York; appointment by Pres. Lincoln as U.S. minister resident at Guatemala, 1861; comments on government, customs, etc. in Guatemala; comments on prostitutes in San Francisco.

Originals : 132 leaves ; 31 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (140 exposures) : negative (Rich. 92:16) and positive.

UC Berkeley Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7155111

UC Berkeley Libraries

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Crosby, Elisha Oscar, 1818-1895

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z46tj (person)

E. O. Crosby was a California pioneer of 1849 and one of the framers of the California state constitution. From the description of Reminiscences of E. O. Crosby : one of the delegates to the first constitutional convention of California, and state senator and chairman of the senate judiciary committee during both the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, 1849-50. 1875-1895. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31057933 From the descri...

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3chp (person)

Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...