Gwin, William McKendree, papers, 1837-1861.

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Gwin, William McKendree, papers, 1837-1861.

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Papers document William McKendree Gwin's political career in Mississippi and California. Included are a report from J. C. Wood's in El Paso describing preparations to establish a new overland mail carrier in 1858, a proposal to erect a light for San Francisco Bay in 1860, correspondence relating to California railroads, Indian depredations and the Civil War, as well as a photograph of a San Francisco building owned by Gwin.

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Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885

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Member, California Constitutional Convention, 1849, and U.S. senator from California. From the description of Papers, 1841-1885. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28419864 William M. Gwin was born in Tennessee. In 1833 he was appointed U.S. marshal, district of Mississippi by President Jackson; in 1840 he was elected to the House of Representatives for one term. Coming to California in 1849, he worked to form a state government, representing San Francisco ...

Woods, J. C.

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