California gold rush merchant : the journal of Stephen Chapin David /

Stephen Chapin Davis (1833-1856) and his brother left Nashua, New Hampshire, to act as agents for local merchants in Gold Rush California. Before he was done, young Davis crossed Panama four times in the period June 1850-May 1854. California gold rush merchant (1956) prints Davis's journal entr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Stephen Chapin, 1833-1856
Other Authors:	Richards, Benjamin B.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1956.
Series:	Huntington Library publications.
Subjects:	Davis, Stephen Chapin, > 1833-1856. California > Gold discoveries. Voyages to the Pacific coast. Business. Californie > Découvertes d'or. Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique. Affaires. Gold mines and mining. California. Diaries > California > 19th century.
Online Access:	http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.072

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Summary:	Stephen Chapin Davis (1833-1856) and his brother left Nashua, New Hampshire, to act as agents for local merchants in Gold Rush California. Before he was done, young Davis crossed Panama four times in the period June 1850-May 1854. California gold rush merchant (1956) prints Davis's journal entries from the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Highlights include his Panama crossings; descriptions of Marysville, Long Bar, Coulterville, Stockton, and San Francisco; and a side trip to Oregon. His business interests included both general stores and a boardinghouse in mining camps.
Physical Description:	xvii, 124 pages : map ; 24 cm Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.