ALS, 1877 July 6 : Sacramento, to Frank Thomas.

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ALS, 1877 July 6 : Sacramento, to Frank Thomas.

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Written on State of California, Executive Department letterhead, Irwin as Governor writes: " ... at the election at which I was chosen there were two other candidates -- R.G. Phelps, Republican and John Bidwell, Independent -- and I had between four and five hundred majority over both."

1 p. ; 28 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Irwin, William, 1827-1886.

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Thomas, Frank, 1947-

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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...

Phelps, R. G. Bud

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