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Title

  • Recollections and opinions of an old pioneer

Summary

  • Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807-1895) spent his early years in Tennessee and Missouri, serving as a district attorney in the latter state. In 1843 he joined an emigrant party bound for Oregon, where he became a prominent and controversial lawyer, judge, and politician in the new territory. In 1848, he went to California in search of gold and soon became a business and political leader of that territory. Recollections and opinions of an old pioneer (1880) contains Burnett's recollections of his early life in Missouri, his career in Oregon, and his decision to join a wagon train to California in the summer of 1848. There he seeks gold for six months before resuming the practice of law and the pursuit of politics. Elected a judge in August and governor in December 1849, Burnett turned to the practice of law in the 1850s and the business of banking in the 1860s. He touches on his various professional pursuits and his home life in Sacramento.

Names

  • Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York, D. Appleton & company, 1880.

Headings

  • -  California--History
  • -  Pacific States--History
  • -  Law--Political aspects--California
  • -  Mines and mineral resources--California
  • -  Business

Notes

  • -  LAC ael 2020-10-08 update (1 card)

Medium

  • xiii, 448 p. 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F851 .B96
  • F851 .B96 Copy 2 Toner Coll

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01006673

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Burnett, Peter H, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer. New York, D. Appleton & company, 1880. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/01006673/.

APA citation style:

Burnett, P. H. & Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. (1880) Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer. New York, D. Appleton & company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/01006673/.

MLA citation style:

Burnett, Peter H, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer. New York, D. Appleton & company, 1880. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/01006673/>.