02055cam a2200337 a 4500 rc 01001061 DLC 20260227111902.0 cr ||||||||||| 910604s1880 cau 000 0beng rc 01001061 DLC DLC DLC n-us-ca E664.F46 A3 1880 KF368.F523 F54 1880 979.4 Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson), 1816-1899. Personal reminiscences of early days in California : with other sketches / by Stephen J. Field ; Printed for a few friends. Not published. Early days in California. DLC [San Francisco? : s.n., 1880] iv, 248 p. ; 22 cm. Born in Connecticut, Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) was practicing law in New York City when word of the Gold Rush arrived. He sailed to California in 1849, crossing Panama at Chagres. He soon became a leader of the California bar, going on to sit on both the State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Personal reminiscences of early days in California (1880) focuses on Field's first years in California, centering on his experience as practicing attorney and first alcalde or magistrate for the lively mining town of Marysville, 1850-1857, a period rich in crime and political skullduggery. In a second section, Field relates anecdotes of his later career as justice of the California Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court, where his knowledge and expertise in western land law served him well. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson), 1816-1899. Judges California Biography. Lawyers California Biography. Law Political aspects California. Mines and mineral resources California. calbk 114 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.114 51991 51991