Report, 1849 Mar 1.

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Report, 1849 Mar 1.

Report on the laws and regulations which govern the granting or selling of public lands in California. Signed by H. W. Halleck and addressed to Col. R. B. Mason, commanding 10th military department. 185 p.

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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...

Mason, R. B. (Richard Barnes), 1797-1850

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Richard Barnes Mason, born in Virginia in 1797, was a Colonel in the United States Army when he arrived in 1847 in California to succeed Kearny as military governor. He was made a Brigadier General in 1848, and retained his position as governor until February 1849. He died of cholera in St. Louis in 1850. From the description of Richard Barnes Mason papers, 1847-1848. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26657368 Richard Barnes Mason (1797-1...

United States. Army. Military Dept., 10th.

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