01946cam a22003011  4500001001300000003000400013005001700017007001500034008004100049010001700090040001900107043001200126050001500138100003900153245018000192260003200372300003500404520077200439530007201211540004101283651003401324651004001358651006601398650003101464856006601495856006601561999001701627rc 01000816 DLC20260227111901.0cr |||||||||||910529s1850    enkf          000 0 eng    arc 01000816   aDLCcCarPdDLC  an-us-ca00aF865b.R961 aRyan, William Redmond,d1791-1855.10aPersonal adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9;bwith the author's experience at the mines. Illustrated by twenty-three drawings ...cBy William Redmond Ryan ...  aLondon,bW. Shoberl,c1850.  a2 v.bfronts., plates.c19 cm.  aAn 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.  aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.  aNo known restrictions on publicaton. 0aCaliforniaxGold discoveries. 0aCaliforniaxDescription and travel. 0aBaja California (Mexico : Peninsula)xDescription and travel. 0aEthnic groupszCalifornia.413Volume 1dcalbkf120qtuhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.120413Volume 2dcalbkf121qtuhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.121  c51917d51917