Pioneer experiences : ms.S, 1878.

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Pioneer experiences : ms.S, 1878.

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Notes on voyage to California, 1849-1850 (ship, Nestor); work for Robert Semple at Benicia and for John Bradford at Sacramento; supply pack-trains; mining on the American River; Sacramento squatter riots; early elections; a bear hunt near the Buttes; stock raising and Indian incidents, Truckee Meadows; life on Henness Pass, 1859-1865; surrounding land marks, including Independence Lake; pioneers in the area, particulary Joshua R. Maples and David Gould Webber; descriptions of early California.

Originals : 30 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (32 exposures) : negative (Rich. 93:2) and positive.

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Moore, Augustus, 1830-

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Bradford, John, 1948-

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Epithet: Methodist preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x00025f ...

Nestor (Ship : 1797-1801)

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Merchant vessel out of Portland, Me. From the description of Letter book of the ship Nestor, 1797-1801. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 191914073 ...

Webber, David Gould.

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Maples, Joshua R., d. 1860.

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Semple, Robert, 1806-1854.

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Robert Semple, early California pioneer, helped found and owned most of Benicia, California. Semple was also President of the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. From the description of Letter to Thomas O. Larkin, 1848, Dec. 13. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 82094150 ...