Marin County CA Archives History - Books .....Preface 1880
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Book Title: History  Of Marin County, California

      PREFACE.
" Here land o' cakes, and brither Scots, 
Frae Maidenkirk to John O'Groats', 
If there's a hole in a' your coats
        I rede ye 'tent 'it, 
A chiel's amang ye takin' notes,
        An', faith, he'll prent it."

  WE offer no apology to our patrons in presenting them with these pages. Our
portion of the compact has been carried out, it remains for them to-perfect
theirs. For our work we disclaim any literary merit; we have not dealt in
monstrous hard words nor mazy sentences with hazy meanings; a true and
unvarnished record of Marin county has been our aim, and we think we have
succeeded in bringing to light much that would otherwise have remained in darkness.

  To compile such a volume has been a task requiring much patience, a certain
amount of skill, and a very great deal of application, yet happily our labors
have been gladdened by many a cheering word and much information, pleasantly
obtained from several of the residents of Marin, both young and aged, old and
new. To those ladies and gentlemen we tender our most sincere acknowledgments.
Still, our quest for reliable data has not been all of a roseate hue. We have
practically tested the truth of the adage that "hope deferred maketh the heart
sick." Through unredeemed promises much in respect to prominent matters has been
per force omitted—this through no fault of ours; notwithstanding these, we
venture to predict for the History of Marin County, a full recognition from
those gentlemen who have done us the honor to place their names on our
subscription list.

  In conclusion we offer our heartiest thanks to the county officers one and
all, who cordially granted us every facility for examining the archives; to
Messrs. S. F. Barstow, of the Marin County Journal, and J. H. Wilkins, of the
Tocsin, for much valuable material received from their files, as well as for
many kindly notices; while to our own staff, Messrs. L. L. Palmer, A.M., who has
supplied the chronicles of all the townships, save those of San Rafael and
Tomales; W. A. Slocum, and L. L. Bowen, are due a thorough appreciation of their
valuable services.

                             J. P. MUNRO-FRASER,
                                           Historian.
                             ALLEY, BOWEN & CO.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
INCLUDING ITS
Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography;
TOGETHER WITH
A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish
and American Pioneers;

A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a
Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County;

Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships;

Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent
Settlers and Representative Men;
ALSO
An Historical Sketch of the State of California,
In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag

ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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