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 Hiram Throop Graves, San Francisco, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers Hiram Throop Graves was born December 12, 1824 in Batavia, Genessee County, New York. He joined the "Cayuga Joint Stock Company", consisting of eighty young men, and sailed from New York on February 28th, 1849 on the barque "Samuel Barney". They made an eight say stop in Callao, Peru for additional supplies and water and entered the Golden Gate on October 12th, 1849. Once in San Francisco his company sold all their merchandise. Graves mentions that the "Van Ness House" on Stockton Street (since moved) was built of lumber brought out by his company. Mr. Graves spent the first winter in San Francisco, and in March 1850 went up to the diggings settlement of Auburn. He mined successfully there for three months with a partner. Next he moved on to the South Fork of the Yuba River and then to Bear River near Illinois town. He left the mines in September and returned to San Francisco. Mr. Graves entered the pioneer Assay office of Moffat & Co., and when merged into the U.S. Mint, became connected with the Coiners Department of that institution, where he remained until 1859, as Assistant Coiner. From 1859 to 1873, Mr. Graves engaged in the manufacture of wire goods. In 1873, he was appointed Secretary of the Masonic and Savings and Loan Bank. He also served as one of the Directors of The Society of California Pioneers as well as Secretary of the Society Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 38-42, Vol. 3. 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 reminiscence covers the years of Graves' life from 1849 to 1864. It provides limited information regarding his overseas journey (ship name and dates of departure and arrival). It also details his experience mining Auburn, the Yuba River, and Bear River. This biography identifies the various businesses Graves was affiliated with, as well as his political, spiritual, and social involvements.
Graves, Hiram Throop--1824-1902 Pioneers--California--Biography Voyages to the Pacific Coast Gold mines and mining--California, Northern California--History--19th century San Francisco (Calif.)--History
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California -- History -- 19th century
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Pioneers California Biography Gold mines and mining California, Northern. History 19th century. San Francisco (Calif.)
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