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050	0	0	_aE664.F46 _bA3 1880
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100	1		_aField, Stephen J. _q(Stephen Johnson), _d1816-1899.
245	1	0	_aPersonal reminiscences of early days in California : _bwith other sketches / _cby Stephen J. Field ; Printed for a few friends. Not published.
246	1	8	_aEarly days in California. _5DLC
260			_a[San Francisco? : _bs.n., _c1880]
300			_aiv, 248 p. ; _c22 cm.
520			_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.
530			_aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
540			_aNo known restrictions on publication.
600	1	0	_aField, Stephen J. _q(Stephen Johnson), _d1816-1899.
650		0	_aJudges _zCalifornia _vBiography.
650		0	_aLawyers _zCalifornia _vBiography.
650		0	_aLaw _xPolitical aspects _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aMines and mineral resources _zCalifornia.
856	4	1	_dcalbk _f114 _qt _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.114
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