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 John Franklin Taylor, Melrose-Calif., 1901. The Society of California Pioneers John F. Taylor was born on July 20, 1815 in Maine. On January 14, 1849, he left Boston on board the brig "Pauline" destined for California. After an arduous journey he arrived in San Francisco in September 1849 and soon traveled to Sacramento. He mined and prospected around the North Fork of the American River Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 169-173, 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 reminiscence offers Taylor's account of his passage to California giving details pertaining to the struggles encountered while attempting to round Cape Horn, including bad weather, a captain described as "cowardly", and a crew that abandoned ship. Most of the detail in this reminiscence relates to this journey. Some information regarding Taylor's mining experiences is also provided.
Taylor, John Franklin--1815-1901 Pioneers--California--Biography Voyages to the Pacific Coast Frontier and pioneer life Gold mines and mining--California, Northern California--History--19th century
Time Period
California -- History -- 19th century
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Pioneers California Biography Gold mines and mining California, Northern. History 19th century.
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