02460cam a22004211 4500 9216846 20250608040711.0 cr ||||||||||| 820714s1930 caufh 000 0 eng 9216846 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg 30032740 (DLC) 30032740 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F865 .P61 Pierce, Hiram Dwight, 1810- A forty-niner speaks; a chronological record of a New Yorker and his adventures in various mining localities in California, his return trip across Nicaragua, including several descriptions of the changes in San Francisco and other mining centers from March 1849 to January 1851. With illustrations by the author Hiram Dwight Pierce. [Oakland, Calif., Keystone-Inglett printing co., 1930] 1 p.l., [5]-74 p. front., pl. facsim. 23 cm. Introduction signed, Sarah Wiswall Meyer. Hiram Dwight Pierce (b. 1810) was a successful blacksmith in Troy, New York, when news arrived of gold discoveries in California. Leaving his wife and seven children behind, Pierce set out in March 1849, crossing the Isthmus to reach San Francisco. A forty-niner speaks (1930) prints the contents of notebooks kept by Pierce from the day he left Troy until his return in January 1851. He describes his journey west and work in the gold fields near Sacramento, the Stanislas mines, and the Merced River at Washington Flat, until his return home via Panama. Pierce offers an excellent account of the details of a prospector's life and the organization of miners' camps as business companies and local government units. Also available in digital form. No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found. Voyages to the Pacific coast. Law Political aspects California. Business California. California Gold discoveries. Meyer, Sarah Wiswall. gdcscd 00020368846 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcscd.00020368846 calbk 180 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.180 gdc/scd gdc/gdcdigbooks gc/calbk ammem pmpull ammem ca11 c-GenColl F865 .P61 Copy 1 PREM c-GenColl F865 .P61 00020368846 Copy 2 CCF