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Book/Printed Material Personal reminiscences of early days in California : with other sketches Early days in California

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Title

  • Personal reminiscences of early days in California : with other sketches

Other Title

  • Early days in California

Summary

  • Born in Connecticut, Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) was practicing law in New York City when word of the Gold Rush arrived. He sailed to California in 1849, crossing Panama at Chagres. He soon became a leader of the California bar, going on to sit on both the State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Personal reminiscences of early days in California (1880) focuses on Field's first years in California, centering on his experience as practicing attorney and first alcalde or magistrate for the lively mining town of Marysville, 1850-1857, a period rich in crime and political skullduggery. In a second section, Field relates anecdotes of his later career as justice of the California Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court, where his knowledge and expertise in western land law served him well.

Names

  • Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson), 1816-1899.

Created / Published

  • [San Francisco? : s.n., 1880]

Headings

  • -  Field, Stephen J.--(Stephen Johnson),--1816-1899
  • -  Judges--California--Biography
  • -  Lawyers--California--Biography
  • -  Law--Political aspects--California
  • -  Mines and mineral resources--California

Notes

  • -  LC copy 1 transferred from GenColl to LLRBR vj23 2006-03-20; formerly classified: E664.F46 A3 1880

Medium

  • iv, 248 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF368.F523 F54 1880

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01001061

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

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  • online text

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Field, Stephen J. Personal reminiscences of early days in California: with other sketches. [San Francisco?: s.n, 1880] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/rc01001061/.

APA citation style:

Field, S. J. (1880) Personal reminiscences of early days in California: with other sketches. [San Francisco?: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/rc01001061/.

MLA citation style:

Field, Stephen J. Personal reminiscences of early days in California: with other sketches. [San Francisco?: s.n, 1880] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/rc01001061/>.