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1904 - California And Its Missions - Their History To The Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Vol. Ii, Bryan J. Clinch
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Clinch wrote a two-volume, extensive history on the early development of the lower and upper California missions. In Volume II, the author, a well-known San Francisco architect, described the principal events beginning with the founding of the California missions of Alta California.
1889 - Sixty Years In California, William Heath Davis
1889 - Sixty Years In California, William Heath Davis
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The author, who arrived in Alta California in 1831, wrote about his extended experience as it related to the manners and customs of the people, their methods of trade, of social and political history of the Mexican government and of its successor, the Territory and then State of California, The book covers 60 years of history of events and life in California; the personal, political and military, under the Mexican Regime, during the quasi-military government of the Territory by the United States, and after the Admission of California into the Union. While the 63 chapters cover a broad and detailed …
1901 - The Transition Period Of California From A Province Of Mexico In 1846 To A State Of The American Union In 1850
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A detailed description of events that transpired from 1846 when to 1850 when California became a state of the United States of America. The author gives a brief account of peoples already living in California and events preceding the war with Mexico. He discusses efforts by other countries to get a foothold in California, the war with Mexico, the treaty, the conventions held to establish California first as a territory and then as a state.