Author: Cornelius Cole

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Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9781330548400

Excerpt from Memoirs of Cornelius Cole, Ex-Senator of the United States From California It has often been remarked that I ought to write up my recollection of the early days of California, of the Rebellion, and of the reconstruction period. And I have had a vague notion of sometime doing so; but that duty, if it be such, has hitherto been entirely neglected, or, rather, has been crowded back by other and more pressing obligations. Now, however, at the age of over four score, the task cannot be further postponed, if it is to be accomplished at all. The work will have to be done without much assistance to the memory and will therefore be far from complete, but as the traveler, coming home from a long journey, remembers the principal objects and events, so a person approaching the end of a long life can recall many of the more notable occurrences of his time. 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.