Field, Stephen J.:

$750 · Offered by William Reese Company

PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES...TO WHICH IS ADDED THE STORY OF HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF THE STATE. BY HON. ... Inscribed by the author. This is the second edition, after the first of 1880, and the first edition to include Gorham's account of Terry's attempted assassination of Field. Noted in print at the foot of the titlepage, "Printed for a Few Friends. NOT PUBLISHED." Field served on the legislature in California, San Francisco in particular.

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