02055cam a2200337 a 4500001001300000003000400013005001700017007001500034008004100049010001700090040001800107043001200125050002200137051002500159082001000184100005400194245014500248246003500393260003600428300002500464520083100489530007201320540004201392600005401434650003501488650003601523650004001559650004501599856005601644999001701700rc 01001061 DLC20260227111902.0cr |||||||||||910604s1880    cau           000 0beng    arc 01001061   aDLCcDLCdDLC  an-us-ca00aE664.F46bA3 1880  aKF368.F523bF54 18800 a979.41 aField, Stephen J.q(Stephen Johnson),d1816-1899.10aPersonal reminiscences of early days in California :bwith other sketches /cby Stephen J. Field ; Printed for a few friends. Not published.18aEarly days in California.5DLC  a[San Francisco? :bs.n.,c1880]  aiv, 248 p. ;c22 cm.  aBorn 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.  aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.  aNo known restrictions on publication.10aField, Stephen J.q(Stephen Johnson),d1816-1899. 0aJudgeszCaliforniavBiography. 0aLawyerszCaliforniavBiography. 0aLawxPolitical aspectszCalifornia. 0aMines and mineral resourceszCalifornia.41dcalbkf114qtuhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.114  c51991d51991