Robert B. Semple letter : Benicia City, Calif., to Thomas O. Larkin, Monterey, Calif., 1848 Dec. 13.
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Semple, Robert B. (Robert Baylor), 1806-1854.
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Thomas Oliver Larkin was an early American emigrant to Alta California and a signer of the original California Constitution. He was the United States' first and only consul to the California Republic (Mexico). In partnership with Robert Semple, he established the city at the Carquinez Straits that became Benicia. Doctor Robert Baylor Semple was a 19th-century Californian newspaperman and politician. In 1847, with Thomas O. Larkin, he received a grant of land from Mariano...
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
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Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) was a merchant who settled in Monterey, California, who later became U.S. consul (1844-48) and served as a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. From the description of Letter from Thomas Oliver Larkin to Job Francis Dye and party, 1845 Aug. 10. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499643 Thomas O. Larkin, early California pioneer, arrived in California in 1832. Became succe...
