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 eBook

George Congdon Gorham

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George Congdon Gorham

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Title: 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	1
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES.	1
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PRINTED FOR A FEW FRIENDS.	1
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES.	1
THE ANNOYANCES OF MY JUDICIAL LIFE.	1
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR. JUSTICE FIELD	2
WHY AND HOW I CAME TO CALIFORNIA.	3
FIRST EXPERIENCES IN SAN FRANCISCO.	6
EXPERIENCES AS ALCALDE.	14
THE TURNER CONTROVERSY.	20
RUNNING FOR THE LEGISLATURE.	28
THE TURNER CONTROVERSY CONTINUED	33
LIFE IN THE LEGISLATURE	36
FRIENDSHIP FOR DAVID C. BRODERICK.	41
LEGISLATION SECURED AND BEGINNING A NEW LIFE.	42
THE BARBOUR DIFFICULTY.	49
	57
	63
THE ANNOYANCES OF MY JUDICIAL LIFE.	67
	85
THE MOULIN VEXATION.	100
THE HASTINGS MALIGNITY.	104
APPENDIX.	110
EXHIBIT B.	110
EXHIBIT C.	112
EXHIBIT D.	112
EXHIBIT E.	113
EXHIBIT F.	116
EXHIBIT G.	119
EXHIBIT I.	125
EXHIBIT J.	126
EXHIBIT K.	128
EXHIBIT L.	129
THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD	133
BY HON. GEORGE C. GORHAM.	133
INDEX.	133
	134
CHAPTER I.	135
CHAPTER II.	138
CHAPTER III.	142
CHAPTER V.	146
CHAPTER VI.	146
CHAPTER VII.	149
CHAPTER VIII.	152
CHAPTER IX.	156
CHAPTER X.	160
CHAPTER XI.	164
CHAPTER XII.	166
CHAPTER XIII.	168
CHAPTER XIV.	177
CHAPTER XV.	178
CHAPTER XVI.	182
CHAPTER XVII.	183
CHAPTER XVIII.	187
CHAPTER XIX.	196
Letter from Hon. T.F. Bayard, ex-Secretary of State:	196
Letter from Hon. George F. Hoar, Senator from Massachusetts:	198
	201
Letter from Right Rev. B. Wistar Morris, Episcopal Bishop of Oregon:	203
CHAPTER XX.	216
CHAPTER XXI.	223