Eliza and James Gregson, Life in California, 1840s

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Natives of England and married in Rhode Island in 1843, Eliza and James Gregson set out for Oregon in 1845 only to find themselves in California later that year. This database is an account of their travels to the West. It provides a detailed look at life at Sutter's Fort in 1846 and 1847, prospecting for gold in Northern California, and raising a family on a ranch in Sonoma County. Researchers will also find Eliza's commentary on the quality of life in the West and James' enlistment in the U.S. Army in 1847. For persons wishing to better understand the life of settlers and prospectors in nineteenth century California, this can be an illuminating database.

Sources Library of Congress. California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years. Vol. 116. [database on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Gregson, Eliza Marshall. The Gregson Memoirs. San Francisco: L. R. Kennedy, 1940.

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