FROM THE KENNEBEC TO CALIFORNIA: Reminiscences of a California Pioneer, 1829-1909

Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Selected and arranged by Lucy Ellis Riddell. Introduction by Robert Glass Cleland. Edited by Laurence R. Cook. Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1959. First ediiton. "After a voyage on the William G. Hackstaff, Henry Ellis, a twenty-year-old native of Waterville, Maine, arrived in San Francisco in July 1849. According to these vividly written recollections, he left the Hackstaff and took passage for Sacramento on a sloop loaded with Chilean flour. Ellis relates: 'The first gold I panned out, about half an ounce, I put in a letter and mailed to a certain young lady in Boston.' He soon gave up on mining. After a short time, he purchased a schooner, the Gazelle, but longing to be part of the coastal trade, purchased the brig John Dunlop. Ellis remained in the shipping business until 1854. He also participated in both Vigilance Committees." Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with a bit of browning along the spine and folds. Better than very good. Kurutz, G.: The California Gold Rush, #220. (Inventory #: 64868)