ancestryj reform politics and abolitionism 



dllbt Where had youp grandfather lived before he caine 

 to California? 



Coggins: Philadelphia* >Qien he was a yotmg man the re , t 

 think he was connected with Smithy Kline, and 

 French, a coBipany which still exists. They 

 wholesaled chemicals and medical supplies* He 

 came out to California in the Gold Rush* 



Oilbs Bo you know how he happened to go to work on the 

 Sacramento Union ? 



Coggins: No, I don't* I presume in the early days there 

 were not many trained newspaper people in 

 Calif oz*nia at the time and anybody \iho had an 

 education ooiild fit into the work* And as the 

 newspaper grew, his experience grew and he 

 be came » perhaps , a pretty good editor* He was 

 the city editor of the Sacramento Union * 



Gilbs That was the paper that Mark Twain and Henry George 

 worked on* 



