Title:
John Augustus Sutter collection, 1839-1880
Creator/Contributor:
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880, creator
Abstract:
Business correspondence, Sutter claim materials, miscellaneous papers. Much of the collection typescripts, photostats, and
facsimiles.
Date:
1839 (issued)
Contents:
Box 359: Correspondence, appointments, lease. -- Boxes 311-314: Correspondence, Sutter claim material, misc.
Subject:
n-us-ca
Sutter, John Augustus -- 1803-1880 -- Correspondence
Pioneers -- California -- Correspondence
California -- History -- 1846-1850
Sacramento (Calif.) -- History
Note:
cat 02/06/1991
John Augustus Sutter, born Kandern, Germany, in February 1803, of Swiss parents. California pioneer, 1839. Established Sutter's
Fort (Sacramento County) and Hock Farm (Sutter County). Agriculturist, military commander under Mexican governor, aided incoming
pioneers. Moved to Lititz, Pennsylvania in 1868. Died in Washington, D.C. June 18,1880.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Boxes 311-314
Physical Description:
5 ms. boxes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
Boxes 311-314
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.