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Francis Augustus Bishop diaries : and related material, 1855-1874.
BANC MSS 71/124 cLOCAL
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Francis Augustus Bishop diaries: and related material, 1855-1874Creator/Contributor:
Bishop, Francis Augustus., creatorAbstract:
Describes activities while an engineer in 1855; living at Shingle Springs in 1868 (written in Bancroft's Diary for 1868, contianing
useful memoranda, and table for reference, H.H. Bancroft and Company, bought at J.F. Crawford, Bookseller, 4th and K, Sacramento);
Again in Shingle Springs until ca. 1871; and in San Francisco in ca. 1871.
Charles H. Haswell, Engineer's and Mechanics' Pocket-Book, Thirteenth Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Harper and Brothers:
New York, 1874 (663 p.)
Date:
1855 (issued)Note:
In 1855 Bishop was employed by the San Francisco City Engineer's Office, having come to San Francisco on April 22, 1855 with
only 26.
Type:
Diaries.Physical Description:
6 v.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 71/124 cLOCAL