Word: california
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...California series this month takes up the Fremont explorations, first with a brief paper giving a resume of the five explorations; second, with a paper by Mrs. Fremont on the "Origin of the Fremont Explorations"; and third, with a posthumous narrative of the terrible experiences of the fourth expedition under the title of "Rough Times in Rough Places...
...department of "Californiana" Professor Royce contributes some new documents on the Bear Flag affair taken from the private papers of Commander John B. Montgomery of the Portsmouth, stationed at San Fracnisco during the conquest of California...
...California papers are continued with articles on "Fremont in the Conquest of California" by General John Bidwell, an old pioneer of '41, who has already contributed a couple of papers to the same series; and on "The Discovery of Gold in California," by John S. Hittell. In the department of Californiana there is also an account of the gold discovery by James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold at Sutter's Mill, and a portrait is given of him in Mr. Hittell's article...
...Infirmary last Wednesday evening and formed a permanent organization, electing the following officers: George B. Perry, president; Joseph Paul, vice-president; Nathan P. Wyllie, secretary and treasurer. The class numbers eighteen members and besides New England, is represented by Germany, Switzerland, France, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, California and Illinois...
...August the instruments on Wilson's Peak in California were sent to Cambridge for shipment to Areguipa in Pern, the location chosen for further observations. Great service was rendered the expedition by Hon. John Hicks, American minister to Pern, and Senor L. L. De Rumma of Areguipa, under whose direction valuable meteorological observations were made...