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 Edward C. Kemble, (Deceased), 1901. The Society of California Pioneers Edward C. Kemble was born in Troy, N.Y.. His father was a state Senator and editor of the "Troy Budget". At 18 years of age, E.C. Kemble traveled to California with Samuel Brannan, a New York newspaper publisher, in the ship "Brooklyn". He arrived in California July 31, 1846 and took charge of the first printing office established in San Francisco (Yerba Buena at the time). Kemble edited and printed San Francisco's first newpaper, the California Star (owned by Samuel Brannan). He bought Brannan out later and merged with another newspaper to establish the Alta California. Kemble's connection with the Alta California ceased in 1854. Kemble, as a volunteer and sergeant of Co. K of Fremont, participated in battle during the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846. He was one of the first white men to visit the mill at Coloma after the discovery of gold by Marshall. He was also part of the company that made the first gold discoveries on Feather River, opening the famous diggings on Bidwells Bar. In 1855, Kemble organized a "Committee of Pacific Coast Emigration", composed chiefly of California merchants and shippers resident in New York, and which was the pioneer movement for organizing emigration to the Far West. Kemble was Seretary of the Committee and published a paper in New York called "The Californian". In 1856, he edited the "Chronicle"- the first Republican paper printed in San Francisco. In the spring of 1857 Kemble joined the Sacramento Union as Associate Editor. When the Civil War broke out, Kemble went east as war correspondent for the Sacramento Union. He later held the office of Inspector of Indian Affairs under President Grant Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.24-26, 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, but there is no longer a photograph of this member in our collection. This brief biography was written after Kemble's death in 1886. It details some of his career achievements, and offers background information on his first days in California.
Kemble, Edward C. (Edward Cleveland)--1828-1886 Pioneers--California--Biography American newspapers--California Printing--History--California Bear Flag Revolt, 1846 California--History--1846-1850 San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Time Period
California -- History -- 1846-1850
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Pioneers California Biography American newspapers California. Printing History 1846-1850. San Francisco (Calif.)
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