Autobiography and Reminiscence of Dr. Washington Ayer (Deceased),
Title:
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Dr. Washington Ayer (Deceased),: San Francisco, 1901[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]
Creator/Contributor:
Ayer, Washington, Dr, 1823-1899, creatorAbstract:
Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.6-9, Vol. 1. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume,
of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers.
The transcription includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs
in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography colleciton. Henry Livingston first wrote Dr. Washington Ayer's
biography, which can be found in The Society of California PIoeners "Record" 2. The reminiscence was amended by Dr. Ayer,
bringing the biography to January 1st, 1897. The reminiscence covers the period from 1852 to 1897. It does not furnish dates
of arrival to San Francisco.
Date:
1901 (issued)Subject:
Ayer, Washington, Dr -- 1823-1899
Pioneers --
California --
Biography
Gold mines and mining
Voyages to the Pacific Coast
California v Biography.
California --
History --
19th century.
California, Northern.
Amador County (Calif.)
Note:
Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of
California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must be obtained by the reader
Autobiography & Reminiscence of Dr. Washington Ayer (Deceased), San Francisco, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers
Dr. Ayer spent two years at Mokelumne Hill & Volcano in Amador County. During the summer of 1852, Ayer was the appointed
surgeon during the so-called "French War" of California, a land claim dispute between French and American miners on French
Hill. American miners succeeded in driving the French from the coveted claim and "robbing them of $15,000 in one hour."
During Ayer's residence in Volcano, he organized a Vigilance committee, which caught the murderer of an elderly man. He also
helped to organize, and was elected Master of the Volcano Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and was its first Representative
at the Grand Lodge at Sacramento. In 1856 Ayer settled permanently in San Francisco. In 1863 he was voted a Member of the
Board of Education, and served until 1868 when he refused a re-election. From 1883 to 1891 Dr. Ayer filled the chair of Professor
of Hygiene in the Medical Department of the University of California. In 1890 Ayer was elected a Member of the Board of Supervisors
of San Francisco, and was made Chairman of the Hospital Committee. He made many reforms in the various institutions of public
charity. He helped organize the "Medico-Chirurgucal Society" and was its first president. He was also President of the "Sloat
Monument Association" and presided at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Monument at Monterey, July 7, 1896. Dr. Ayer
was an accomplished writer, having published numerous essays in his field as well as a small volume of poems and also a romance
entitled, "Might Have Been"
Type:
Autobiographies.Physical Description:
[3] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of
California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
Related Item:
Autobiographies & Reminiscences of California Pioneers, compiled by The Historical Committee of the Society of California
Pioneers.