ALS, 1851 January 3 : San Jose, to Thomas Fox Taylor.

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ALS, 1851 January 3 : San Jose, to Thomas Fox Taylor.

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Replying to a request for employment, Governor Burnett writes: "The laws of the state however only allow me to order out the militia, but give me no power to employ men, or to fix their compensation ... I would not suppose that your pay would be equal to what you could make in the mines ..."

1 1/2 p. ; 25 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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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...

Taylor, Thomas F.

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