THE

ANNALS OF SAN

FRANCISCO;

CONTAINING

A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY,

SETTLEMENT, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT CONDITION OF

CALIFORNIA,

AND A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ALL THE IMPORTANT EVENTS

CONNECTED WITH

ITS GREAT CITY:

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF SOME PROMINENT CITIZENS.

BY

FRANK SOULÉ, JOHN H. GIHON, M. D.,

AND

JAMES NISBET.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FINE ENGRAVINGS.

"Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower,
Whose top may reach unto heaven;
And let us make us a name."

NEW YORK:

YOR
D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 346 & 348 BROADWAY.
SAN FRANCISCO: MONTGOMERY STREET.

LONDON: 10 LITTLE BRITAIN.