G PREFACE . 



else of their legitimate powers. Its progress is no marvel to 

 tliose TV ho have been in sympathy with the working classes of 

 the country, who understand their needs, and are ready to lend 

 a hand in removing their burdens. 



Great care has been taken to insure correctness in the sta 

 tistical part of the work, and to omit nothing of importance in 

 the documentary history of the State Grange. The names of 

 the charter members, having been copied from the original dis 

 pensations, where the signatures are not unfrequently nearly 

 illegible, it has been impossible to entirely avoid orthographical 

 mistakes. The attempt to preserve a complete record of the 

 founders of Subordinate Granges, will, we trust, excuse a few 

 unavoidable errors in its execution. 



Valuable assistance has been rendered by the officers of the 

 State Grange, and especially by &quot;W. H. Baxter, its Worthy 

 Secretary; also by the officers and agents of the various busi 

 ness associations. To Mr. Edward Vischer, of San Francisco, 

 who has kindly furnished the rural illustrations from his own 

 admirable sketches of California life and scenery; to the 

 editors of the Eural Press, &quot; and other agricultural and local 

 journals, I am under many obligations. 



E. S. C. 



OAKLAND, August 1st, 1875. 



