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Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend "Here is a piece of James Franklin's printing press, Mr. Townsend," said Mr. Pratt to me, at Newport the other day, -"Ben. Franklin wrote for the paper, and set type upon it. The press was imported from England in 1730, or thereabouts." He produced a piece of wood, a foot in length, and then laid it away in its drawer very sacredly. "I should like to write to that press, Mr. Pratt," I said, -"there would be no necessity in such a case of getting off six columns for to-night's mail." "Well!" said Mr. Pratt, philosophically, "I have a theory that a man grows up to machinery. As your day so shall your ...
Describe early life, law practice, journey to California in 1848, career as judge in Oregon from 1849 and as lawyer and judge in San Francisco from 1856.