Society Of California Pioneers
Published: 2015-06-29
Total Pages: 32
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Excerpt from Twentieth Anniversary of the Corporate Society of California Pioneers In pursuance of the provisions of its Constitution, the Society of California Pioneers, on the 9th of September, celebrated the Twentieth Anniversary of its organization, and of the admission of California into the Union, in the following manner: At 9 o'clock, A. M., the members, with their families, friends and invited guests, numbering in all about fifteen hundred, embarked on board the Steamer Capital, E. A. Poole, Captain, to make an excursion to Mare Island. Among the guests were Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, Maj. Gen. Schofield, Admiral Farquhar, of the English squadron, and their several staffs, other officers of the United States Army and Navy, Federal officers, State officers, Military and Civil, Foreign Consuls, etc. Passing Alcatraz, a general salute was fired. Arrived at Vallejo, delegations from that place, from Sacramento, Napa and Sonoma, to the number of several hundred, joined the party. At the Island, the excursionists were received by Commodore Goldsborough and other officers of the Navy, there stationed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
