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Book/Printed Material Incidents on land and water, or Four years on the Pacific coast. Being a narrative of the burning of the ships Nonantum, Humayoon and Fanchon, together with many startling and interesting adventures on sea and land.

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Title

  • Incidents on land and water, or Four years on the Pacific coast. Being a narrative of the burning of the ships Nonantum, Humayoon and Fanchon, together with many startling and interesting adventures on sea and land.

Summary

  • A native of Kingston, Massachusetts, Mrs. Bates sailed to California in 1850 on board the Nonantum, a coaler commanded by her husband. On reaching that state, the Bateses undertook hotelkeeping in Marysville, 1851-1854. Incidents on land and water (1857) contains Mrs. Bates's hair-raising account of her voyage to California, when fires forced the scuttling of three ships on which the Bateses sailed. Mrs. Bates recounts hardships of the mining town, with special attention to the life of women and children in the camps, and gives details of a tour of the Sacramento Valley.

Names

  • Bates, D. B. Mrs.

Created / Published

  • Boston, J. French and company, 1857.

Headings

  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  Voyages to the Pacific coast
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Urbanization--California
  • -  Real estate development--California
  • -  Business--California

Medium

  • 336 p. front., plates. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .B3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01001055

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

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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:

Bates, D. B. Mrs. Incidents on land and water, or Four years on the Pacific coast. Being a narrative of the burning of the ships Nonantum, Humayoon and Fanchon, together with many startling and interesting adventures on sea and land. Boston, J. French and company, 1857. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01001055/.

APA citation style:

Bates, D. B. M. (1857) Incidents on land and water, or Four years on the Pacific coast. Being a narrative of the burning of the ships Nonantum, Humayoon and Fanchon, together with many startling and interesting adventures on sea and land. Boston, J. French and company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01001055/.

MLA citation style:

Bates, D. B. Mrs. Incidents on land and water, or Four years on the Pacific coast. Being a narrative of the burning of the ships Nonantum, Humayoon and Fanchon, together with many startling and interesting adventures on sea and land. Boston, J. French and company, 1857. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01001055/>.