RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD TIMES IN CALIFORNIA
, Or, California Life in 1843. Edited with an Introduction by George R. Stewart. Pp. [viii]+30+[4] (Checklist of Keepsakes), coloured frontispiece, 7 plates (3 coloured), text drawing; printed paper wrappers;The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1974. Number 22 in the series of Keepsakes issued by The Friends of The Bancroft Library for its members. *Reprint of an interview commissioned in 1887 for his historical archive (later to form the basis of the Bancroft Library) by Hubert Howe Bancroft. William Henry Thomes, a sailor from Boston, was the author of "On Land & Sea, or California in the years 1843-44-45", an account of his voyages up and down the California coast in the hide-and-tallow trade. Item #016210
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