FIELD, Stephen J.

Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, With Other

Item #73444

FIELD, Stephen J. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in Claifornia, With Other Sketches ...To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorham. [Washington]: Printed for a Few Friends. Not Published, [1893]. 1st ed. 6, 472pp. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Light wear to spine ends and corners, else very good. HOWES F-117.Graff 1316. Cowan 209. Kurutz 237b. Laid in is a two-page autograph letter signed by Field, dated 23 December 1862 on an insurance matter. This is the second edition, larger type issue, after the first of 1880, and the first edition to include Gorham's account of Terry's attempted assassination of Field. Includes interesting descriptions of early days in California, Field's appointment as first alcalde of Marysville, recollections of Sutter, etc. Field served on the legislature in California, and was later appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Lincoln.

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