Charles Murdock, California Printing and Politics, 1855-1910

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Leaving Massachusetts in 1855 bound for California, Charles Murdock became the editor of the Pacific Unitarian Magazine and one of the state's most distinguished printers. This database is a collection of his recollections of the trip west and his subsequent life in the Bay Area. It contains his account of settling in Arcata on the Humboldt River, interesting stories about the town's residents, and the evolution of the region's Republican Party. Additionally, it provides descriptions of his printing business in San Francisco, and his acquaintance with Bret Harte. For those persons wishing to better understand the life of a typical working class professional in nineteenth century California, this narrative can interesting and informative.

Sources Library of Congress. California As I Saw It, 1849-1900. Vol. 137. [database on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Murdock, Charles Albert. A Backward Glance at Eighty. San Francisco: P. Elder and Co., 1921.

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