Excerpt from The Pioneers of 49: A History of the Excursion of the Society of California Pioneers of New England Throughout the journey to which the following pages relate, it was frequently stated that a full history of the excursion would be published. Supposing that some of the literary men of the party had the matter in charge, the author contented him self with taking notes, and collecting newspaper articles for a scrap - book. But time passed, and nothing further was heard of the history; and in October, 1890, ...
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Excerpt from The Pioneers of 49: A History of the Excursion of the Society of California Pioneers of New England Throughout the journey to which the following pages relate, it was frequently stated that a full history of the excursion would be published. Supposing that some of the literary men of the party had the matter in charge, the author contented him self with taking notes, and collecting newspaper articles for a scrap - book. But time passed, and nothing further was heard of the history; and in October, 1890, careful inquiry revealed the fact that no one was engaged in writing such a book. Wishing to preserve a record of the most delightful excursion he ever enjoyed, the author then determined to prepare a type-written sketch for his own library., Others of the party, learning that he was at work upon such a sketch, urged him to give a fuller account, and publish it in pamphlet form. The pamphlet was accordingly begun, with the aid Of Mr. Arthur W. Brown, of West Kingston, R. I but when the necessary data were collected, it was found that if but a small part of the available material were used, it would make a large book. In view Of the utter impossibility of treating the subject exhaustively, it was decided to give a full account of all receptions; adding thereto descriptions of points of especial interest along our route, and of a few men, places, buildings and institutions distinctively Californian, and illustrating prominent topics as far as possible. NO attempt has been made to include everything of importance, the intention being to give distinct pictures of a few things, rather than a closely crowded, and hence confusing, panorama; no apology is made, therefore, for an apparent want of connection in certain places. To avoid repetition, topics treated in some of the speeches given, are not taken up separately. Stories of Indians and wild beasts are omitted, as they are so abundant in every library; and a few things apparently some what irrelevant are included at the wish of brother Pioneers, or because they serve as light or shadow for certain pictures otherwise incomplete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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