A Journey to California

Item:: John Henry Nash Book
Title:: A Journey to California with Observations with about the Country, Climate and the Route to this Country by John Bidwell. A Day-By-Day Record of the Journey from May 18, 1841 to November 6, 1841.
Author:: John Bidwell
Printer:: John Henry Nash
Place of Printing:: San Francisco, CA
Date of Printing:: 1937
Format:: Quarto
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Author and Commentators

John Bidwell (1819-1900). Born in New York, he emigrated to California in 1841 in the Bartleson-Bidwell party. He discovered gold on the Feather River and later served in the California Senate.

Herbert Ingram Priestly (1875-1944). Born in Michigan, he moved to California in 1889. In 1912, he became the Assistant Curator of the Bancroft Library and held the post of Librarian from 1920-1940.

The Book

Introduction by Herbert Ingram Priestly, Librarian of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Approximately 48 pages plus introduction and preface.