Papers of George A. Gillespie, 1849-1899.

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Papers of George A. Gillespie, 1849-1899.

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The collection consists of letters, documents, and manuscripts related to California politics (mainly from 1859 to 1890) and Gillespie family affairs. There is also material on national politics during the same period. Correspondents include: John Bidwell, Jacob P. Leese, William S. Johnston, Aaron Augustus Sargent, and James McCord Stilson.

123 pieces.2 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6780886

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Bidwell, John, 1819-1900

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Bidwell was a noted early Calif. pioneer, landowner, and statesman. He helped form the Western Immigration Society in 1840, which led to the formation of the Bidwell-Bartleson wagon train, the first emigrant train to Calif. He travelled through Utah in 1841, then forged the Calif. immigrant trail. In 1846 he wrote the Bear Flag platform. In 1848, he began buying his ranch, Rancho de Arroyo Chico, also known as Rancho Chico. From the description of Rancho de Arroyo Chico ledger and re...

Johnston, Wiliam S., fl. 1868-1880.

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Stilson, James McCord.

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Gillespie, George M.

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George A. Gillespie, pioneer California businessman and politician, crossed the plains to California in 1850. After spending two years in the mines in Nevada and California, he settled in Solano County. He became county assessor in 1860 and engrossing clerk of the state senate in 1861. His newspaper activities, which began in 1866 when he purchased the Solano press, brought him some political prominence in his county. From the description of Papers of George A. Gillespie, 1849-1899. ...

Leese, Jacob P. (Jacob Primer), 1809-1892

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Merchant, of Yerba Buena, Calif. (1836-1840) and Monterey, Calif., from 1849, where he also served as city treasurer; from 1840 to 1849 he lived on his land grant in Sonoma County, Calif. From the description of Papers, 1836-1863. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28419813 Calif. merchant and official. Born in St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1809; came to Calif. in 1833, settling in Los Angeles in 1834. Relocated to Monterey, 1836, and entered into mercantile bus...

Gillespie family.

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Sargent, A. A. (Aaron Augustus), 1827-1887

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Aaron A. Sargent was an attorney, a United States Senator, and congressman from California. He was appointed United States Ambassador to Germany in 1882. From the description of Aaron A. Sargent family collection. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 37479061 ...