Collection of documents related to Elisha O. Crosby and early California history. 1849-1855.

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Collection of documents related to Elisha O. Crosby and early California history. 1849-1855.

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Official handwritten appointment of Crosby to prefecture of Sacramento district by military governor Bennett Riley, dated Sept. 27, 1849 -- Handwritten letter from a prospective newspaper publisher eliciting Crosby's support of the endeavor, dated Oct. 11, 1849 -- Handwritten proclamation regarding the ratification presentation of the state constitution, dated Oct. 12, 1849 (2 leaves) -- Handwritten proclamation adopting an official "day of Thanksgiving and Prayer" on Nov. 29th, dated Oct. 24, 1849 -- Handwritten reply from Secretary of State Henry Halleck, dated Dec. 4, 1849, to a letter from Crosby regarding his role as prefect of Sacramento district -- Handwritten proclamation of the ratification of the California constitution, dated Dec. 12, 1849 -- Handwritten proclamation in which Bennett Riley transfers the governorship to the newly elected governor, Peter Burnett, dated Dec. 20, 1849 -- Letter to Crosby requesting that he fill a vacancy in the state assembly, dated Jan. 29, 1850 -- Printed "Election notice," signed by Crosby as prefect for Sacramento district and dated Jan. 30, 1850 -- Handwritten letter from Governor Burnett, dated Apr. 24, 1850 -- Certificate of Crosby's appointment to the military organization of the Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco, dated June 10, 1850 -- Official document admitting Crosby to a seat on the California Supreme Court, dated July 19, 1851 -- Printed announcement of Crosby's appointment to the U.S. Circuit Court, dated Aug. 27, 1855.

14 sheets : photographs, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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California

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History The California State University System, formally established in 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act. It is the nation’s largest university system, with 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers, more than 400,000 students and 42,000 faculty and staff. The CSU is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California (the others are the University of California and the California Community College System). Since 19...

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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Halleck was born on a farm in Westernville, Oneida County, New York, third child of 14 of Joseph Halleck, a lieutenant who served in the War of 1812, and Catherine Wager Halleck. Young Henry detested the thought of an agricultural life and ran away from home at an early age to be raised by an uncle, David Wager of Utica. He attended Hudson Academy and Union College, then the United States Military Academy. He became a favorite of military theorist Dennis Hart Mahan and was allowed to teach class...

California. Constitutional Convention (1849)

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The California Constitutional Convention was held in Monterey, California in September and October 1849. The constitution was adopted on October 10, and the convention was adjourned on October 13. From the description of Report on preamble, 1849, Oct. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540550 ...

Riley, Bennett, 1787-1853

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Soldier. Distinguished himself during the War of 1812, in various Indian actions, and during the Mexican War. He served as miltiary governor of California in 1849. Bennett I. and Edward B.D. Riley were two of Bennett Riley's children. From the description of Bennett Riley papers, 1818-1888. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 123812535 Biography Bennet Riley, born in Virginia in 1787, early became a soldier, ris...

San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851

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Crosby, Elisha Oscar, 1818-1895

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E. O. Crosby was a California pioneer of 1849 and one of the framers of the California state constitution. From the description of Reminiscences of E. O. Crosby : one of the delegates to the first constitutional convention of California, and state senator and chairman of the senate judiciary committee during both the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, 1849-50. 1875-1895. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31057933 From the descri...

Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895

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Burnett was Governor when California was admitted into the U.S. in 1850. From the description of ALS, 1851 January 3 : San Jose, to Thomas Fox Taylor. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16951352 Peter Hardeman Burnett, the first American Governor of the state of California, was born in Tennessee in 1807. He was admitted to the bar in 1839. In 1843, he and his family moved to Oregon where he helped form the territorial government. In 1848, Burnett moved t...