Transactions of the Society of California Pioneers, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Transactions of the Society of California Pioneers, Vol. 1: January 1st to May 7th, 1863, Volume IIThe object of the Society of California Pioneers ln commencing the publication of its Transactions for the use of its members was not alone retrospective. Its most essential intention was to aid and encourage the future progress and prosperity of the Society. As it was deemed necessary to amend the Constitution of the Society to conform to the legislative Act of Incorporation, so does it now become incumbent to harmonize the action of the Society there with, by assuming a more literary spirit, and by the diffusion of the ample literary resources it will in the future acquire. Indispensa ble it certainly was to restore and preserve the records of the past, yet more essential, and animating, it appeared to the advocates of the measure, to prepare a recipient for the harvests which the future promises, just as the morning light is more vivifying to the verdure of the earth than are the rays of the evening sun. The Publication Committee have been actuated by these consider ations, and therefore have not hesitated to commence the publica~ tion of the Transactions with the latest proceedings of the Society. All the back records to January 1st, 1863, will form the first vol ume, and will appear either in separate numbers or together in a bound volume, as circumstances and the state of the finances will permit. In either case, some obscurity in regard to the first organ.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.