James Mason Hutchings diary : photocopy, 1848-1855.

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James Mason Hutchings diary : photocopy, 1848-1855.

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Concerns Hutchings journey from Liverpool to New York and on to Calif. On his overland journey, he stopped at Salt Lake City, Utah. He also visited many towns in northern Calif. doing research for some of his books, including Sacramento, San Francisco and San Jose.

361 p. ; 28 cm.

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Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason), 1820-1902

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James Mason Hutchings was born in 1824 in England. At sixteen years old he traveled to New Orleans and worked as a clerk in a business house there. When he heard about the gold discovery, he left New Orleans in April of 1849, determined to satisfy his craving for adventure by taking the overland route. He arrived at the "gold-diggings" on October 9, 1849. He mined, made his fortune, and lost it all when the San Francisco bank, Frank Ward & Co., failed. He then returned to mining. In 1853, Hu...