Phoenixiana: Or Sketches and BurlesquesGeorge Horatio Derby (1823-1861) of Massachusetts graduated from West Point in 1846 and served in the Army Topographical Engineers at Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo before being sent to California in 1856. He remained there for seven years, leading three exploring expeditions and winning a place as one of the state's first humorists with pieces published in the San Diego Herald and republished around the nation. Phoenixiana (1903) reprints a book originally published in 1855. It contains Derby's pieces as "Professor John Phoenixiana" and "Squibob," poking fun at such topics as military surveyors and explorers; contemporary travel accounts of the Mission Dolores, Benecia, Sonoma, San Francisco, and San Diego; literary societies and women's clubs; astronomy; and Army life. |
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... STREET INTRODUCTIONS 202 • THE LITERARY CONTRIBUTION BOX • 207 Lines to Lola Montes . RETURN OF THE COLLECTOR Thrilling and Frantic Excitement among Office - Seekers - Pro- cession and Speech . PHOENIX TAKES AN AFFECTIONATE LEAVE OF SAN ...
... STREET INTRODUCTIONS 202 • THE LITERARY CONTRIBUTION BOX • 207 Lines to Lola Montes . RETURN OF THE COLLECTOR Thrilling and Frantic Excitement among Office - Seekers - Pro- cession and Speech . PHOENIX TAKES AN AFFECTIONATE LEAVE OF SAN ...
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... Street , " the Central , " through Folsom Street , and The Mission Dolores is only 2 miles from the City Hall of San Francisco , and a favorite suburban locality , lying within the limits of the City Survey . This fact noted for the ...
... Street , " the Central , " through Folsom Street , and The Mission Dolores is only 2 miles from the City Hall of San Francisco , and a favorite suburban locality , lying within the limits of the City Survey . This fact noted for the ...
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... Root charge of the triangulation and detached Mr. Jinkins with a small party on hydrographical duty ( to sound a man's well , on the upper part of Dupont Street , and report thereon ) , on the 5th of February I 10 PHOENIXIANA.
... Root charge of the triangulation and detached Mr. Jinkins with a small party on hydrographical duty ( to sound a man's well , on the upper part of Dupont Street , and report thereon ) , on the 5th of February I 10 PHOENIXIANA.
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... STREET . Besides the mules drawing the cart which car- ried the transit instrument , I had procured two fine pack - mules , each of which carried two barrels of ale for the draftsmen . Following the tasteful ex- ample of that gallant ...
... STREET . Besides the mules drawing the cart which car- ried the transit instrument , I had procured two fine pack - mules , each of which carried two barrels of ale for the draftsmen . Following the tasteful ex- ample of that gallant ...
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... Street by two methods ; first , by chain- ing its sidewalks , and secondly , by a little instrument of my invention called the " Go - it - ometer . " This last consists of a straight rod of brass , firmly strapped to a man's leg and ...
... Street by two methods ; first , by chain- ing its sidewalks , and secondly , by a little instrument of my invention called the " Go - it - ometer . " This last consists of a straight rod of brass , firmly strapped to a man's leg and ...
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