The diary of a forty-niner.
By: Ed. by Chauncey L. Canfield.
Contributors: Jackson, Alfred T.
Series: Western Americana, 1550-1900 -- reel 92, no. 977.
Publisher: M. Shepard Company
Published: 1906
Place of publication: New York; San Francisco
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: California -- Gold discoveries
Description: Chauncey de Leon Canfield (1843-1909) first published "The diary of a forty-niner" in 1906, and 1,200 of the 2,000 copies in that edition were burned. Joseph Gaer's Bibliography of California literature, 20 describes this book as written in the form of a diary, but fictional.' The diary of a forty-niner (1920) reprints Canfield's 1906 publication. It purports to be the diary of Alfred T. Jackson, of Litchfield County, Connecticut, during his days as a gold prospector, 1850-1852. Jackson offers firsthand accounts of Nevada City and neighboring Rock Creek; descriptions of Grass Valley, North and South Yuba Valleys, and the Sierra Mountains; details of gold mining with accounts of pioneer overland crossings, and foreign mineworkers (including Chinese). Entries concerning Jackson's personal life include details of his courtship of a French woman in the camps.
Notes: An edition of 2000 copies, of which 1200 were burned.

"Purported to be the experiences of one Alfred T. Jackson"--Pref.

References: Eberstadt no. IV-65.

References: Howes, U.S.IANA, no. C.111.

Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana, Reel 92, no. 977)

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