Incidents on Land and Water, or Four Years on the Pacific Coast
Boston: James French and Company, 1857. 1st Edition. 8vo. "A native of Kingston, Massachusetts, Mrs. Bates sailed to California in 1850 on board the Nonantum, a coal ship commanded by her husband. On reaching California , the Bateses operated a hotel in Marysville from 1851 to 1854. Incidents on land..... More