Title:
Autobiography and Reminiscence of James H. Wilcox, San Francisco, 1901.
[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]
Creator/Contributor:
Wilcox, James H, 1826-1909, creator
Abstract:
Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 186-187, Vol. 2. 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, but there is no longer a photograph
of this member in our collection. This brief reminiscence covers the period of Wheeler's life from January 1, 1849 to 1893.
It gives a list of his various business activities in California, naming and locating the mines he worked.
Date:
1901 (issued)
Subject:
Wilcox, James H --
1826-1909
Pioneers --
California --
Biography
Gold mines and mining --
California, Northern.
Voyages to the Pacific Coast
California --
History --
19th century.
California, Northern.
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 James H. Wilcox, San Francisco, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers
James H. Wilcox was born in Cromwell, CT, September 21, 1826. In 1849 he joined the Croton Mining and Trading Company and
sailed from New York on January 16, 1849 on the Bark "Croton". They arrived in San Francisco July 29, 1849, and after discharging
their cargo took the vessel to Sacramento. Wilcox went on to the mines on Trinity River, and Georgetown and Nevada City.
In 1851 he joined the Empire Quartz Mining Company. He also mined in Mexico and Nevada and eventually gave up mining in 1875
to pursue farming
Type:
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
[2] 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 James H. Wilcox, San Francisco, 1901.