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 Washington Meeks, San Francisco, 1904. The Society of California Pioneers Washington Meeks was born on June 17, 1818 in New York City. He studied law and was admitted as an attorney in the Supreme Court of New York. He left New York for California on January 19, 1849 on the brig "Endora". In Panama, he switched ships and joined the "Niantic" and arrived in San Francisco on July 5, 1849. After a few days, Mr. Meeks took passage for Sacramento and from there headed out to the Yuba River. He mined there for about six weeks and then returned to Sacramento and remained there until 1862, when he resettled in San Francisco. His primary interests were in mining, real estate and financial matters Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 192-199, Vol. 7. 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 details the life of Washington Meeks. Information regarding his life before arrival in California and after is included. Approximately five pages of this reminiscence are dedicated to the author's family history, including details of their military service during the American Revolutionary War. The author's grandfather was one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati. The time period represented by this reminiscence is from 1849 to 1901.
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