Name/Title
The California Gold Discovery: Sources, Documents, Accounts and Memoirs Relating to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's MillEntry/Object ID
2010.75.6Description
"The most comprehensive book ever published on the California gold discovery, containing a detailed mass of accounts and sources related to that momentous event, by one of the outstanding authorities in the field. All known accounts by the participants in the gold discorery are here, including variant accounts, by Marshall Bigler, Brown, and Wimmer, plus the related testimony of Capt. Sutter. Biographical and critical notes by Rodman Paul accompnay each of the accounts.
"A wealth of related materials, some originating in the form of letters and memoirs --written in retroprect of the discovery-- are next presented. some of this important material has never before been published. And some letters originally published in newspapers in the 1850's--including at least one by Marshall--have not seen publication in modern times. This is followed by a section of suggestive analysis by Dr. Paul, and a section on the spread of the news and the results of the discovery for the discoverers, California, and the world.
"The whole, as organized by Dr. Paul, is constructed in such a way as to present an intriguing problem in historical evidence. The gold discovery itself is, of course, one of the great events in American history--but while it is one of the best known events, historians are not yet certain of precisely what happened. the central problem is not uncommon in American history: a great event witnessed only by meagerly educated men who left little written record that is strictly contemporary." NOTE: Entries herein are those that can be associated, specifiically or generally, with Napa County.
237 pagesCollection
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2010.75Source or Donor
Library of Edward J. GhidellaAcquisition Method
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Given in memory of Edward J. Ghidella
In Memory of: Edward J. GhidellaLexicon
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Gold, Gold miners, Gold mining, Mining, Mines, NewspapersSearch Terms
Brannan, Samuel, Frisbie, John B., Kelsey family, Gold, Gold miners, Gold mining, Gold Rush, Gold Rush literature, Hydraulic gold mining, Native Americans, Chinese laborers, Chinese miners, Mining, Mines, Newspapers, SteamersBook Details
Author
Paul, Rodman W.Place Published
Location
Georgetown, CA 1962Date Published
1966Call No.
979.4 PaulNotes
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Frisbie, John B.Person or Organization
Kelsey familyCreate Date
August 5, 2010Update Date
July 9, 2026