Autobiography and Reminiscence of James Mason Hutchings, San Francisco, 1901.

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Autobiography and Reminiscence of James Mason Hutchings, San Francisco, 1901.

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Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.5-11, Vol. 2. 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. This reminiscence begins with some background information regarding Hutchings' childhood in England. It then describes his motivation for moving to New Orleans and his passion for adventure, which inspired his overland journey to California. The reminiscence provides details concerning Hutchings life as a miner as well as his early business pursuits. It also describes how he came to write the famous "Miners Ten Commandments", a letter sheet of which more than 97 thousand copies were sold. Some mention is made of Hutchings' conflict with the U.S. Government over his right to settle in land that became part of Yosemite National Park. The years covered by this reminiscence are roughly 1840 to 1880.

[7] p. ; 35 x 21 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...