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100	1		_aColton, Walter, _d1797-1851.
245	1	0	_aThree years in California [1846-1849] _cBy Rev. Walter Colton, U.S.N. ...
260			_aNew York, _bA.S. Barnes & co.; _aCincinnati, _bH.W. Derby & co., _c1850.
300			_a456 p. _bfront., plates, ports. map, fold. facsim. _c19 cm.
500			_aFacsimile: "Declaration of rights in the constitution of California, and the signatures of the members of the Convention."
520			_aWalter 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.
530			_aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
540			_aNo known restrictions on publication.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xHistory _y1846-1850 _xSources.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xDescription and travel.
600	1	0	_aColton, Walter, _d1797-1851.
650		0	_aLaw _xPolitical aspects _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aMines and mineral resources _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aBusiness _zCalifornia.
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