02112cam a22003491 4500 rc 01000774 DLC 20260227111901.0 cr ||||||||||| 830517s1850 nyubcfh 000 0aeng rc 01000774 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F865 .C7 F865 .C7 Copy 2 Copy 2. 917.94 Colton, Walter, 1797-1851. Three years in California [1846-1849] By Rev. Walter Colton, U.S.N. ... New York, A.S. Barnes & co.; Cincinnati, H.W. Derby & co., 1850. 456 p. front., plates, ports. map, fold. facsim. 19 cm. Facsimile: "Declaration of rights in the constitution of California, and the signatures of the members of the Convention." Walter Colton (1797-1851) of Vermont had a career as clergyman and journalist before sailing to California as naval chaplain of the Congress. In July 1846, Commodore Stockton named him alcalde of Monterey, a post to which he was elected a few months later. He remained in California until 1849, using his time to found the state's first newspaper and building its first schoolhouse. Three years in California (1850) contains Colton's memoirs of that period, including descriptions of the U.S. military occupation of California, social life and customs of Monterey, discovery of gold and firsthand impressions of the Sonora mining camp in the Southern Mines, visits to Stockton and San Jos,̌ John Charles Frm̌ont, the Constitutional Convention of 1849, and California missions. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. California History 1846-1850 Sources. California Description and travel. Colton, Walter, 1797-1851. Law Political aspects California. Mines and mineral resources California. Business California. calbk 009 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.009 51899 51899