16. "Mr. K" may refer to James King of William, who is mentioned by name in the letter of October 27. King was a native of Georgetown, D. C, and was well known to both Mr. Dougal and his fiancee, to whom this letter was addressed. Dougal and King kept "bachelor's hall" together in San Francisco, and when Dougal started for home he left his unfinished business affairs in King's hands.
17. The Galindo was one of eleven vessels that had sailed north in March 1850 in an effort to find Trinidad Bay. The town of Trinidad was founded in April 1850 by Cap- tain Robert A. Parker. Owen C. Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region (Los Angeles: Cali- fornia State Historical Association, 1929), pp. 44, 49.
18. The banking house of James King of William, established in December 1849, had survived the run on banks of the "monetary crisis" in September 1850. Frank Soule, John H. Gihon, and James Nisbet, The Annals of San Frajicisco (New York, 1855), pp. 290, 513. See also Note 16.
19. An error for the Oregon. See Soule, op. cit., pp. 293-94.
20. Mary Eliza Davis, later Mrs. George J. Bucknall. It is interesting to compare Dougal's description of the celebration with that of Ernest de Massey in A Frenchman in the Gold Rush (San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1927), pp. 161-62. Dougal's letter, begun on October 27, evidently was not finished until after the 29th.
THE EDITOR OF THE DOUGAL LETTERS
Frank Merriman Stanger will be remembered for his article, "A Califor- nia Rancho under Three Flags," in the September 1938 issue of our Quarterly. A teacher of history at San Mateo Junior College and executive secretary of the San Mateo County Historical Association, Dr. Stanger holds the degree of Ph.D. from the University of California, as well as an A.B. from the University of South Dakota and a degree from the University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
