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Excerpt from Works of Henry L. Oak, Vol. 11: Pioneer Register; Literary Industries; Miscellany
From the nature of the case, my authorities, except in special instances, cannot be cited. Such citations would involve endless repetition, and would fill much space that can be utilized to better advantage. The reader is re ferred to the general list of authorities in vol. I.; but it is proper to specify here some classes that have been particularly prolific in items for this regis ter. First in importance are the archives, public, private, and missionary; especially in their records of naturalization and passports, custom-house records, military rosters, local census lists, voting and official lists, mission registers of births and marriages and deaths, and the correspondence of officials, friars, and citizens; particularly important among the private archives being the commercial correspondence and account-books of such men as Lar kin, Cooper, Hartnell, Spear, and many others. Next should be mentioned the several hundred volumes of personal reminiscences furnished for my use by early Californians, native and foreign, each containing a few - some very many - personal items in addition to those relating to the narrator and his family. Third may be noted the work of such specialists as Clark on the N. Y. Volunteers, Tyler on the Mormon battalion, mcglashan on the Donner party, Kooser on the artillery company, Lancey on the conquest in general, etc.; with valuable muster-rolls kindly furnished me by the military depart ment at Washington. Fourth, and amply worthy of separate mention, we have the biographic gleanings of Ben Hayes on the pioneers of southern California; while in the same connection may be mentioned the patient re searches of Alex. S. Taylor. Fifth, the archives of the Society of Pioneers contain, besides lists of members, partials rolls of the Cal. Battalion; while the government lists - of those who held Cal. Claims, Wheeler's list of San Francisco lot-owners, the voluminous testimony in famous land cases, and especially the valuable New Helvetia diary of '45-8, furnished me by W'm F. Swasey, should not be forgotten. Sixth are to be noted the newspapers of '47 - 85, with their thousands of obituary and biographic items, so faulty in individual cases, so extremely valuable in the aggregate; and, similar in many respects, the county and local histories of recent years, from which I have drawn much material. Finally, I must allude to special correspondence with many pioneers from time to time as particular information has been needed; hundreds having replied, and a few - such as John Bidwell, Wm H. Davis, Wm Glover, S. H. Willey, John A. Swan, and others - meriting fuller acknowledgment than my space permits.
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