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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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 David B. [i.e. N.] Hawley, San Francisco, 1904. The Society of California Pioneers David N. Hawley was born in Bridgeport, CT on June 15th, 1824. Soon after hearing news of the discovery of gold in California Mr. Hawley formed the company "Hawley, Sterling, & Co." to start a general merchandising business in California. He left New York for California in 1849 via the steamship "Crescent City", and switched to the "Oregon" in Panama. He arrived in San Francisco on April 1st Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 68-69, Vol. 8. 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 brief reminiscence provides an account of David N. Hawley's journey to California and his life afterward. Details regarding his employment history and business pursuits are included in the reminiscence. The time period represented by this reminiscence is from 1849 to 1902. The transcript is titled incorrectly, listing Hawley's middle initial as a "B" rather than as an "N" for Nichols.
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