Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
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Available also in the original handwritten form in the member's Biographical File, and online Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader Autobiography & Reminiscence of Neptune Blood Malville, San Francisco, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers N.B. Malville was born January 1, 1828 in Ireland. When he was young his father died and so he moved to Columbus, Georgia to live with a cousin. In the spring of 1849 Malville left Georgia for California with the "Milner" Company. They traveled by rail, steamer, and stage. They arrived in Placerville August 3, 1849 and proceeded to Sacramento. After recuperating he and his company began mining. Malville was involved in the industries of mining, wagon teaming, real estate, and law. He married in 1860. In June of 1861 he was admitted to the Bar and opened a law office in San Francisco Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.52-58, Vol. 2. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume, of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. The original handwritten version exists in the member's Biographical File. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs. This reminiscence provides a description of N.B. Malville's overland journey to California. He goes into detail on subjects such as provisions, food, clothing, and the hardships he endured on his journey. He offers his first impressions of the Sacramento Valley, and names places he mined. He also explains the discrepancies in the spelling of his last name. Some family history is also provided.
Malville, Neptune Blood--1828-1915 Pioneers--California--Biography Frontier and pioneer life Gold mines and mining Overland journeys to the Pacific California--History--19th century
Time Period
California -- History -- 19th century
Place
Pioneers California Biography History 19th century. California, Northern.
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