02371cam a22004091 4500 9685041 20250608045030.2 cr ||||||||||| 830617s1930 mauf 000 0 eng 9685041 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg 30029653 (DLC) 30029653 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F865 .B91 920 Buck, Franklin Agustus, 1826-1909. A Yankee trader in the gold rush; the letters of Franklin A. Buck, compiled by Katherine A. White ... Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1930. viii p., 1 l., 294 p. front., plates. 22 cm. Letters written from 1846 to 1880. Introduction by his daughter, Mary Sewall Buck Carr. A native of Maine, Franklin Agustus Buck (1826-1909) was working in New York City when he heard of the gold strikes and set out for California in January 1849. A Yankee trader in the gold rush (1930) contains Buck's letters to his sister in Maine. They chronicle his first dozen years in the West: a voyage round the Horn to San Francisco; prospecting and storekeeping in various gold camps and the towns of Sacramento, Downieville, North Fork, Marysville, and Weaverville; and a trading voyage to Tahiti and Hawaii. Politics interest Buck, and he pays close attention to the issues in the 1852 election, local secessionist debate, and the impact of the Civil War. In the 1860s, Buck turns to agriculture, raising fruit and cattle at farms in Weaverville, Oakville, and Red Bluffs. Discoveries of silver lead him back to mining at Treasure City, Meadow Valley, and Pioche, Nevada. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found. Frontier and pioneer life California. Law Political aspects California. Agriculture California. Business California. California Gold discoveries. White, Katherine A. calbk 067 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.067 gc/calbk ammem pmpull ammem ce03 c-GenColl F865 .B91 00019480598 Copy 1 PREM