Autobiography and Reminiscence of Dr. Washington Ayer (Deceased) : San Francisco, 1901.

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Autobiography and Reminiscence of Dr. Washington Ayer (Deceased) : San Francisco, 1901.

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Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.6-9, Vol. 1. This is a typed transcript of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. The transcription includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography colleciton. Henry Livingston first wrote Dr. Washington Ayer's biography, which can be found in The Society of California PIoeners "Record" 2. The reminiscence was amended by Dr. Ayer, bringing the biography to January 1st, 1897. The reminiscence covers the period from 1852 to 1897. It does not furnish dates of arrival to San Francisco.

[3] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.

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Ayer, Washington, Dr., 1823-1899.

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Dr. Ayer spent two years at Mokelumne Hill & Volcano in Amador County. During the summer of 1852, Ayer was the appointed surgeon during the so-called "French War" of California, a land claim dispute between French and American miners on French Hill. American miners succeeded in driving the French from the coveted claim and "robbing them of $15,000 in one hour." During Ayer's residence in Volcano, he organized a Vigilance committee, which caught the murderer of an elderly man. He also helped ...