Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9; (Record no. 51917)
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| LC control number | rc 01000816 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | CarP |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | n-us-ca |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F865 |
| Item number | .R96 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ryan, William Redmond, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1855. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9; |
| Remainder of title | with the author's experience at the mines. Illustrated by twenty-three drawings ... |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | By William Redmond Ryan ... |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | W. Shoberl, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1850. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 2 v. |
| Other physical details | fronts., plates. |
| Dimensions | 19 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | An Englishman, William Redmond Ryan (1791-1855) enlisted in an American regiment bound for California and sailed round the Horn in 1847. Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California (1850), vol. 1, describes that voyage to California as well as military life during the Mexican War in Monterey, La Paz, and San Jose (lower California). The first volume closes with Ryan's description of the peacetime rush to the gold mines and his own journey from Monterey to the San Joaquin Valley to the Stanislaus Mine. Vol. 2, continues his story with a chronicle of daily life at the Stanislaus Mine; his career as a trader; travels through Stockton, Monterey, and Sacramento; life in San Francisco, 1849; the Constitutional Convention; and return voyage via Panama, 1849. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. |
| 540 ## - TERMS GOVERNING USE AND REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Terms governing use and reproduction | No known restrictions on publicaton. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | California |
| General subdivision | Gold discoveries. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | California |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Ethnic groups |
| Geographic subdivision | California. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Volume 1 |
| Path | calbk |
| Electronic name | 120 |
| Electronic format type | t |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.120">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.120</a> |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Volume 2 |
| Path | calbk |
| Electronic name | 121 |
| Electronic format type | t |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.121">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.121</a> |
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