An edition of California gold rush merchant (1956)
California gold rush merchant
the journal of Stephen Chapin David.
By Stephen Chapin Davis
Publish Date
1956
Publisher
Huntington Library
Language
eng
Pages
124
Description:
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.