248 pp. (8vo) 21x13 cm (8¼x5¼") modern three quarter calf and boards, gilt spine with morocco labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. First Edition. 

The future first chief justice of the California Supreme Court, booked passage aboard the 'Crescent City' on November 13, 1849, in New York, and headed for California via the Isthmus of Panama...He left January 12, 1850, for Sacramento and points beyond arriving at Nye's ranch, where he bought 65 lots in a new town called Yubaville (Marysville). Two weeks later, Field was sworn in as the first Alcade of the booming town.  Included in his recollections is an interesting description of Sutter. From them on, his legal career blossomed, resulting in his appointment to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1863. Howes F117. Rocq 9357. Cowan p.209. Graff 208. Eberstadt 125:115. Wheat Gold Rush 76. Kurutz 237A