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Book/Printed Material The adventures of a forty-niner. An historic description of California, with events and ideas of San Francisco and its people in those early days. Days of the forty-niners

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Title

  • The adventures of a forty-niner. An historic description of California, with events and ideas of San Francisco and its people in those early days.

Other Title

  • Days of the forty-niners

Summary

  • An Albany, New York, physician, Daniel Knower (b. ca. 1818) sailed for California in 1849 with twelve prefabricated frame houses for the San Francisco market. The adventures of a forty-niner (1894) describes Knower's business and real estate speculations in San Francisco as well as an extended visit to a mining camp near Coloma and the life of prospectors there.

Names

  • Knower, Daniel.

Created / Published

  • Albany, Weed-Parsons printing co., 1894.

Headings

  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  San Francisco (Calif.)--History--19th century
  • -  Urbanization--California
  • -  Real estate development--California
  • -  Business--California

Notes

  • -  Spine title: The days of the forty-niners.

Medium

  • 200 p. plates, ports., facsim. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .K7
  • F865 .K7 Copy 2 Copy 2. Inscription: To C.C. Kromer from Livingston Deyo. Bookplate of Paul Steinbrecher. Purchase, Oct. 22,1991 (DLC #0209150)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01000801

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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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:

Knower, Daniel. The adventures of a forty-niner. An historic description of California, with events and ideas of San Francisco and its people in those early days. Albany, Weed-Parsons printing co, 1894. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000801/.

APA citation style:

Knower, D. (1894) The adventures of a forty-niner. An historic description of California, with events and ideas of San Francisco and its people in those early days. Albany, Weed-Parsons printing co. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01000801/.

MLA citation style:

Knower, Daniel. The adventures of a forty-niner. An historic description of California, with events and ideas of San Francisco and its people in those early days. Albany, Weed-Parsons printing co, 1894. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01000801/>.