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Title
Autobiography and Reminiscence of John Conness, San Francisco, 1904
Alternative Title
Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904
Creator
Conness, John, 1821-1909, creator
Contributor
Conness, John, 1821-1909, creator
Date Created and/or Issued
1904 (issued)
Publication Information
Society of California Pioneers
Contributing Institution
Society of California Pioneers
Collection
The Society of California Pioneers Collection of Autobiographies and Reminiscences of Early Pioneers
Rights Information
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.
Description
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 Conness, San Francisco, 1904. The Society of California Pioneers
John Conness was born in Ireland, September 22, 1821. He moved to New York when he was fifteen and followed the Gold Rush to California. There he mined Mormon Island, and the Middle Fork of the American River
Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 110-111, 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. 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 brief reminiscence provides some background information regarding the author's family and education, as well as his life in California.
Type
text
Format
[2] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.
Form/Genre
Autobiographies.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4q2nc7p4
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Language
English
Subject
Conness, John--1821-1909
Pioneers--California--Biography
Irish Americans--California
Gold mines and mining--California
Gold miners--California--Biography
Place
Pioneers
California
Biography
Irish Americans
California.
Gold mines and mining
Gold miners

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