Title:
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Charles H. Gilman, Deceased, 1901.
[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]
Creator/Contributor:
Gilman, Charles H, b. 1826, creator
Abstract:
Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 38-41, Vol. 6. 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 is a transcript of a letter given to The Society of California
Pioneers by Charles H. Gilman's sister, Mrs. Ellen S. Porter. The letter is dated May 20th, 1850 and was sent to Mrs. Porter
from Humboldt Harbor. Charles H. Gilman was nineteen years old when he wrote the letter. In it he explains his discovery
of Humboldt Harbor and offers a description of the location. Some mention is made of the hostility between his group of settlers
and the Indian tribes that were occupying the area.
Date:
1901 (issued)
Subject:
Gilman, Charles H --
b. 1826
Pioneers --
California --
Biography
Frontier and pioneer life
Humboldt Bay (Calif.) --
History
Trinity River (Calif.)
Note:
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 Charles H. Gilman, Deceased, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers
On March 20, 1850, Mr. Gilman set out from San Francisco in the schooner "Laura Virginia" for Trinidad Bay, into which the
Trinity River was said to empty. After a six day journey they realized that the Trinity River did not empty into it, and
so they continued to explore the coast up to the mouth of the Columbia River. On the 23rd of April they entered a large bay
twenty-five miles south of Trinidad Bay and christened it "Humboldt Harbor"
Type:
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
[4] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Charles H. Gilman, Deceased, 1901.