Brown, John Henry 1810-1905 creator text cau San Francisco, Calif Mission journal publishing co. [1886] 1886 monographic eng

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[106] p. front. (fold. plan) 23 cm. The 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. by John H. Brown; actual experience of an eye-witness, from 1845 to 1850. "A small number only was printed, and the work is rare."--Cowan Bibl. of the hist. of Calif. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. n-us-ca San Francisco (Calif.) History Ethnic groups California Women California Urbanization California Law Political aspects California Mines and mineral resources California Business California F869.S3 B8 rc 01000664 hdl:loc.rbc/calbk.157 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.157 No known restrictions on publication. DLC 830216 20260227111900.0 rc 01000664