REPRESENTATIVE AND LEADING

MEN OF THE PACIFIC

BEING

ORIGINAL SKETCHES

OF THE

LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL MEN, LIVING AND DECEASED, OF THE PACIFIC STATES AND TERRITORIES---PIONEERS, POLITICIANS, LAWYERS, DOCTORS, MERCHANTS, ORATORS, AND DIVINES---TO WHICH ARE ADDED THEIR SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, ORATIONS, EULOGIES, LECTURES, AND POEMS, UPON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, INCLUDING THE HAPPIEST FORENSIC EFFORTS

OF

Baker, Randolph, McDougall, T. King,

AND OTHER POPULAR ORATORS.

EDITED BY

OSCAR T. SHUCK.

Compiler of “CALIFORNIA SCRAP BOOK.”

SAN FRANCISCO:

BACON AND COMPANY, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS,

No. 536 Clay Street, between Montgomery and Sansome.

1870.

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TITLE OF ARTICLE JOHN A. SUTTER JOSE ANTONIO DE LA GUERRA PIERSON B. READING LELAND STANFORD JOHN BIGLER EDWARD DICKINSON BAKER Poem to a Wave Apostrophe to Science Eloquent Allusion to the Comet of 1858 Tribute to Freedom Address at the Burial of Baker MATTHEW P. DEADY Extract from Address to Portland Law Assn JUNIPER SERRA GEORGE GORDON Life and Genius of Robert Burns MATTHEW HALL McALLISTER JOSEPH G. BALDWIN CORNELIUS K. GARRISON Message to Common Council of SF (1853). THOMAS STARR KING Telegram to the People of California on the Death of THOMAS STARR KING Resolutions of Unitarian Church of SF, in regard to Death of Thomas Starr King Life and Services of T. Starr King Poem on Death of T. Starr King Lecture on Temperance Masonic Oration CHARLES E. DE LONG MARIANO GUADALUPE VALLEJO ELIAS S. COOPER Poem on Death of Dr. Cooper JOSEPH W. WINANS "The Golden Wedding" The Dignity of Labor “Mundus”-A Poem GEORGE L. WOODS FRANK TILFORD History, Genius and Resources of Ireland CALEB T. FAY WILLIAM I. FERGUSON Reminiscences of Ferguson Remarks on Death of Ferguson Discourse on Death of Ferguson EDWARD J. C. KEWEN Oration before California Pioneers (1854) CHARLES WESTMORELAND EUGENE CASSERLY Eulogy on Daniel Webster HENRY WAGER HALLECK DAVID C. BRODERICK Account of the Duel between David S. Terry & David C. Broderick Funeral Oration over David C. Broderick Eloquent Protest against “Code of Honor” ISAAC N. ROOP THOMAS H. SELBY JAMES NISBET FRANKLIN TUTHILL SEERANUS CLINTON HASTINGS JAMES WILLIS NESMITH Speech on Bill to Establish Mint in Oregon SAMUEL BRANNAN PHILIP LEGGET EDWARDS HUGH CAMPBELL MURRAY Remarks on Death of Judge Murray Remarks on Death of Judge Murray HENRY M. GRAY Masonic Oration TOD ROBINSON ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS JUAN BAUTISA ALVARDO THOMPSON CAMPBELL JOHN B. WELLER CORNELIUS COLE JOHN R. McCONNELL OGDEN HOFFMAN ISAAC ROWELL NATHANIEL BENNETT Oration on Admission of Calif. into Union 1850 JAMES KING of WILLIAM Prize Poem on Death of James King of William JOSEPH C. TUCKER EDMUND RANDOLPH Address on the History of California (1860) MILTON S. LATHAM ROBERT B. SWAIN Remarks on the Operations of the Society for improving the Condition of the Poor FREDERICK F. LOW ANTONIO MARIA PICO WILLIAM MORRIS STEWART HUGH P. GALLAGHER Lecture on Rome HENRY HUNTLEY HAIGHT Address on Completion of Pacific Railroad DELAZON SMITH STEPHEN JOHNSON FIELD JAMES A. McDOUGALL Remarks on Death of Col. E. D. Baker Remarks on the Sale of Liquors in the National Capitol Bldg

NAME OF AUTHOR ………………………………………………………… Alfred Robinson…………………………………….. ………………………………………………………… W. E. Brown…………………………………………. The Editor…………………………………………… Hon. Edward Stanly………………………………… Col. E. D. Baker…………………………………….. Col. E. D. Baker……………………………………… Col. E. D. Baker………………………………………. Col. E. D. Baker……………………………………… Rev. T. Starr King…………………………………… Harvey W. Scott……………………………………… Judge M. P. Deady…………………………………. ………………………………………………………… B. P. Avery…………………………………………… George Gordon……………………………………… Henry E. Highton…………………………………… J. G. Howard………………………………………… William V. Wells……………………………………… C. K. Garrison……………………………………...... …………………………………………………………. Rev. H. W. Bellows………………………………. …………………………………………………………... Robert B. Swain………………………………………. John G. Whittier………………………………………. Rev. T. Starr King…………………………………….. Rev. T. Starr King……………………………………. The Editor………………………………… Col. C. E. Pickett……………………………………… Dr. L. C. Lane…………………………………… T. G. Spear……………………………………… The Editor…………………………………… Hon. J. W. Winans……………………………… Hon. J. W. Winans……………………………… Hon. J. W. Winans……………………………… Calvin B. McDonald…………………………………. The Editor…………………………………… Hon. Frank Tilford…………………………………… The Editor………………………………………… The Editor…………………………………………… Hon. W. H. Herndon……………………………. Col. E. D. Baker………………………………………. Rev. J. A. Benton …………………………………….... J. G. Howard……………………………………… Col. E. J. C. Kewen…………………………………… B. P. Avery…………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………. Hon. E. Casserly……………………………………… Judge T. W. Fredon………………………… …………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………. Col. E. D. Baker……………………………………… Col. E. D. Baker……………………………………… Judge A. T. Bruce……………………………………. William V. Wells……………………………………… …………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………. T. P. Madden…………………………………………. The Editor…………………………………… Hon. J. W. Nesmith…………………………………… William V. Wells……………………………………… Robert E. Draper…………………………………….. The Editor…………………………………… Judge Wm. T. Wallace………………………………. Judge David S. Terry……………………………….. William V. Wells……………………………………… Dr. H. M. Gray……………………………………….. The Editor……………………………………… The Editor…………………………………… …………………………………………………………. Hon. F. F. Taylor…………………………………….. The Editor…………………………………… …………………………………………………………. William H. Rhodes…………………………………… The Editor…………………………………… Calvin B. McDonald………………………………… The Editor……………………………………… Judge N., Bennett……………………………………. …………………………………………………………. William H. Rhodes…………………………………… William V. Wells……………………………………… William H. Rhodes…………………………………… Hon. Edmund Randolph……………………………. Judge Gaven D. Hall……………………………….. William V. Wells……………………………………… Robert B. Swain……………………………………… William V. Wells……………………………………… …………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………. D. F. D………………………………………………… Rev. H. P. Gallagher…………………………………. …………………………………………………………. Gov. H. H. Haight……………………………………. ………………………………………………………… The Editor…………………………………… William H. Rhodes…………………………………… Gen. J. A. McDougall………………………………… Gen. J. A. McDougall…………………………………

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Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

Proofread by Betty Vickroy.

Source: Shuck, Oscar T., "Representative & Leading Men of the Pacific", Bacon & Co., Printers & Publishers, San Francisco, 1870. Pages 7-8-9.

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