Excerpt from The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 18: History of California, Vol. I. 1542-1800

Of late there has been manifest commendable diligence on the part Of' early Californians in his toric research. Many pioneer reminiscences have been printed in one form or another, one journal having been devoted for years almost exclusivelv to that labor. A few documents of the older time' have seen the light, with comments by such men as 'lavlor and Evans, who, like Stillman, have studied the old voyages. John T. Doyle, besides publishing several historical pamphlets, has edited a reprmt ot Palou s works. Several men, like Hopkins of San Francisco and Wilson of Santa Cruz, have brought out small collections Of California documents. Other memorials of the Mexican time have been translated, printed, and to some extent utilized in periodicals and legal records. Some members of the legal profession, sueh as Dwinelle, have expanded their briefs into formal history. Several Old narratives or diaries of earlv events, as for instance those of 1t and Sutter, have. Been recently published. Benjamin Haves has been an indefatigable collector Of printed items on southern California. Lancey has presented in crude form a valuable mass of information about the conquest. Specialists, like Mcashan on the Donner party, have done some faithful work. Particularly active have been the local annalists, headed by llittell, Soule, Hall, and Gilbert, whose efforts have in sev eral instances gone far beyond mere local and personal records, and who have obtained some original data from old residents and a partial study of documentary evidence. And finally there are a few writers, like Tuthill and Gleeson, who have given the world popular and creditable versions of the country's general annals.

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