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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 Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson) Field, George C. (George Congdon) Gorham

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PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES.
BY
TO WHICH IS ADDED THE STORY OF HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF THE STATE.
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PRINTED FOR A FEW FRIENDS.
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES.
- INDEX.
  - THE ANNOYANCES OF MY JUDICIAL LIFE.
  - APPENDIX.
- THE ANNOYANCES OF MY JUDICIAL LIFE.
- APPENDIX.
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR. JUSTICE FIELD
- INDEX.
WHY AND HOW I CAME TO CALIFORNIA.
FIRST EXPERIENCES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
EXPERIENCES AS ALCALDE.
THE TURNER CONTROVERSY.
RUNNING FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
THE TURNER CONTROVERSY CONTINUED
LIFE IN THE LEGISLATURE
FRIENDSHIP FOR DAVID C. BRODERICK.
LEGISLATION SECURED AND BEGINNING A NEW LIFE.
THE BARBOUR DIFFICULTY.
REMOVAL FROM MARYSVILLE—LIFE ON THE SUPREME BENCH.—END OF JUDGE TURNER.
THE CAREER OF JUDGE FIELD ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF CALIFORNIA, BY JUDGE JOSEPH G. BALDWIN, HIS ASSOCIATE FOR THREE YEARS.
THE ANNOYANCES OF MY JUDICIAL LIFE.
ROSY VIEWS OF JUDICIAL LIFE GRADUALLY VANISHING.—UNSETTLED LAND TITLES OF THE STATE.—ASSERTED OWNERSHIP BY THE STATE OF GOLD AND SILVER FOUND IN THE SOIL.—PRESENT OF A TORPEDO.
HOSTILITY TO THE SUPREME COURT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.—THE SCOFIELD RESOLUTION.
THE MOULIN VEXATION.
THE HASTINGS MALIGNITY.
APPENDIX.
- EXHIBIT A.
  - EXHIBIT B.
  - EXHIBIT C.
  - EXHIBIT D.
  - EXHIBIT E.
  - EXHIBIT F.
  - EXHIBIT G.
  - EXHIBIT I.
  - EXHIBIT J.
  - EXHIBIT K.
  - EXHIBIT L.
- EXHIBIT B.
- EXHIBIT C.
- EXHIBIT D.
- EXHIBIT E.
- EXHIBIT F.
- EXHIBIT G.
- EXHIBIT I.
- EXHIBIT J.
- EXHIBIT K.
- EXHIBIT L.
THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD
NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS.
INDEX.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE STATE SUPREME BENCH.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
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