Autobiography and Reminiscence of Charles H. Gilman, Deceased, 1901.

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Autobiography and Reminiscence of Charles H. Gilman, Deceased, 1901.

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Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 38-41, Vol. 6. This is a typed transcript of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. 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 is a transcript of a letter given to The Society of California Pioneers by Charles H. Gilman's sister, Mrs. Ellen S. Porter. The letter is dated May 20th, 1850 and was sent to Mrs. Porter from Humboldt Harbor. Charles H. Gilman was nineteen years old when he wrote the letter. In it he explains his discovery of Humboldt Harbor and offers a description of the location. Some mention is made of the hostility between his group of settlers and the Indian tribes that were occupying the area.

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Gilman, Charles Jervis, 1824-1901

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On March 20, 1850, Mr. Gilman set out from San Francisco in the schooner "Laura Virginia" for Trinidad Bay, into which the Trinity River was said to empty. After a six day journey they realized that the Trinity River did not empty into it, and so they continued to explore the coast up to the mouth of the Columbia River. On the 23rd of April they entered a large bay twenty-five miles south of Trinidad Bay and christened it "Humboldt Harbor." From the description of Autobiography and R...