02026cam a22003251  4500001001300000003000400013005001700017007001500034008004100049010001700090040001900107043001200126050001600138100003500154245014400189260006700333300004200400500009700442520075900539530007201298540004201370651003701412650003101449650002301480650003001503650004001533650004501573650002601618856005601644rc 01000664 DLC20260227111900.0cr |||||||||||830216s1886    caue          000 0 eng    arc 01000664   aDLCcCarPdDLC  an-us-ca00aF869.S3bB81 aBrown, John Henry,d1810-1905.00aReminiscences and incidents of "the early days" of San Franciscocby John H. Brown; actual experience of an eye-witness, from 1845 to 1850.  aSan Francisco, Calif.,bMission journal publishing co.c[1886]  a[106] p.bfront. (fold. plan)c23 cm.  a"A small number only was printed, and the work is rare."--Cowan Bibl. of the hist. of Calif.  aThe English-born John Henry Brown (1810-1905) went to sea at an early age and was living among the Cherokees in 1843 when he set out for the Pacific Coast. Reminiscences and incidents of "the early days" of San Francisco (1886) describes his early work at Sutter's Fort before his permanent move to San Francisco, where he became a saloonkeeper and hotelkeeper. He offers a painstaking picture of the transformation of San Francisco's people and business patterns with the discovery of gold and provides lively tales of miners, gamblers, gangs and vigilance committees, shopkeepers, and real estate sepculators. He lists early white women in San Francisco and provides a map showing San Francisco's building lots and their occupants in this early period.  aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.  aNo known restrictions on publication. 0aSan Francisco (Calif.)xHistory. 0aEthnic groupszCalifornia. 0aWomenzCalifornia. 0aUrbanizationzCalifornia. 0aLawxPolitical aspectszCalifornia. 0aMines and mineral resourceszCalifornia. 0aBusinesszCalifornia.41dcalbkf157qtuhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.157