California gold rush merchant
Subtitle: the journal of Stephen Chapin David.
By: Edited by Benjamin B. Richards.
Publisher: Huntington Library
Published: 1956
Place of publication: San Marino, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Davis, Stephen Chapin, 1833-1856.; Voyages to the Pacific coast.; Business -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: Stephen Chapin Davis (1833-1856) and his brother left Nashua, New Hampshire, to act as agents for local merchants in Gold Rush California. Before he was done, young Davis crossed Panama four times in the period June 1850-May 1854. California gold rush merchant (1956) prints Davis's journal entries from the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Highlights include his Panama crossings; descriptions of Marysville, Long Bar, Coulterville, Stockton, and San Francisco; and a side trip to Oregon. His business interests included both general stores and a boardinghouse in mining camps.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
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