Autobiography and Reminiscence of Elisha Oscar Crosby, Alameda, 1901.

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Crosby, Elisha Oscar, 1818-1895. Autobiography and Reminiscence of Elisha Oscar Crosby, Alameda, 1901.

Autobiography and Reminiscence of Elisha Oscar Crosby, Alameda, 1901.

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Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 32-40, Vol. 4. This is a typed transcript of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. The original handwritten version exists in the member's biographical file. This reminiscence 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 collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs. This reminiscence covers the period of Elisha Oscar Crosby's life from 1848 to 1850. The subject of the reminiscence is predominately the first Constitutional Convention which met September 1st, 1849 in Monterey. Crosby discusses the troubles the Finance Committee, of which he was Chairman, had in securing funds to pay the expense of the convention. He also describes his work as Prefect of the Sacramento District during the election of November 13th, 1849, which led to the approval of a State Constitution. Crosby was responsible for gathering votes from all men in his district, which inhabited half the population of California working in the mines at that time. Elisha Oscar Crosby has included in this reminiscence a table of votes cast in favor and against the Constitution in California's ten voting districts. The district that Crosby presided over contained the largest number of voters.

[9] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.

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