01946cam a22003011 4500 rc 01000816 DLC 20260227111901.0 cr ||||||||||| 910529s1850 enkf 000 0 eng rc 01000816 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F865 .R96 Ryan, William Redmond, 1791-1855. Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9; with the author's experience at the mines. Illustrated by twenty-three drawings ... By William Redmond Ryan ... London, W. Shoberl, 1850. 2 v. fronts., plates. 19 cm. 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. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publicaton. California Gold discoveries. California Description and travel. Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) Description and travel. Ethnic groups California. Volume 1 calbk 120 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.120 Volume 2 calbk 121 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.121 51917 51917