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100	1		_aRyan, William Redmond, _d1791-1855.
245	1	0	_aPersonal 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 ...
260			_aLondon, _bW. Shoberl, _c1850.
300			_a2 v. _bfronts., plates. _c19 cm.
520			_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.
530			_aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
540			_aNo known restrictions on publicaton.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xGold discoveries.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aBaja California (Mexico : Peninsula) _xDescription and travel.
650		0	_aEthnic groups _zCalifornia.
856	4	1	_3Volume 1 _dcalbk _f120 _qt _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.120
856	4	1	_3Volume 2 _dcalbk _f121 _qt _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.121
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