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Kingsley, Nelson; Teggart, Frederick J. (Editor) : Diary of Nelson Kingsley, A California Argonaut of 1849; Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. 3, No. 3

University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1914

Original publisher's beige wrappers with staple binding. December 1914. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." 179 pages, complete. Some pages are unopened. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight chipping and wear at the edges of the covers. A Fine copy. "Berkeley: The University Press" is printed on the copyright page. An Extract from the Constitution of the Academy of Pacific Coast History and a list of officers who are part of the academy are printed on the inside of the front cover. A list of Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History for Volumes 1, 2, and 3 is printed on the inside of the back cover. Nelson Kingsley (????-1852) was a member of the California & New Haven Joint Stock Company. He is perhaps best-known for his 1849-1851 diary, reprinted here, in which he recorded his travels from New Haven, Connecticut to San Francisco, California aboard a ship that rounded Cape Horn. Kingsley also wrote about his travels in California where he tried his hand at gold mining and in the shipping business that ran between San Francisco and Sacramento on the Sacramento River. His personal account also details life in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Marysville. Kingsley wrote his last diary entry when he returned to New Haven in 1851. Frederick J. Teggart (1870-1946) was an Irish-American historian and social scientist whose specialization was the study of civilizations.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover

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