General Sutter's diary, [ca. 1856 May].

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General Sutter's diary, [ca. 1856 May].

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Mounted clippings of the so-called diary as published in The Argonaut, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 9 and 16, 1878. Prepared for his legal advisors in the course of litigation over his land grants, it covers events from the time he left Missouri in 1838 to the spring of 1850 when he comments on his great losses and troubles with squatters during the gold rush. Some of the narrative is in diary form but most of it is extended recollections.

Originals : 12 leaves ; 30 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 530:2) and positive.

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Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

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Sutter, California pioneer, had gold discovered on his estate in 1848, prompting the Gold Rush. From the description of ALS, 1856 September 7 : Hock Farm, to Colonel (James G.G.F. Warren?). (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16723069 From the description of ALS, 1851 June 25 : Hock Farm, to General John Wilson, San Francisco. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16722847 American pioneer. Owner of Sutter's mill where gold was ...

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...