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Bigler Family collection, 1852-1918.
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Title:
Bigler Family collection, 1852-1918Bigler
Abstract:
Correspondence, articles, clippings, photographs, and pamphlets relating to the life and family of California governor John
Bigler and Pennsylvania governor William Bigler.
Date:
1852 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBigler, John -- 1804-1871
Bigler, William -- 1814-1880
Bigler, Elizabeth
Bigler, Washington
Sietzinger, Jeremiah
Correspondence
Photographs
Documents
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John Bigler (1805-1871) was born in Carlisle Pennsylvania. In 1831 he and his brother William bought the Centre County Democrat
newspaper in Bellefonte, PA in 1831. In 1835 he sold the paper to study law and subsequently opened a law practice. In 1848
John traveled to California upon hearing of the gold excitement and soon entered state politics. He served as second Speaker
of the California State Assembly during 1850-1851, as third Governor of California from 1852-1856 (during which the state
capital moved permanently to Sacramento), and as the ninth United States Ambassador to Chile from 1857 to 1861.
William Bigler (1814-1880) was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Beginning in 1831 he and his brother John published
the Centre County Democrat in Bellefonte, PA. In 1833 William founded his own political newspaper, the Clearfield Democrat.
He became wealthy in the lumber business, and in the 1840s served in the Pennsylvania State Senate. William was the twelfth
Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855, and served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861.
Bigler.
Gift; Virginia Walker; San Diego, CA; 2015.
Gift; John W. Buckton; Porterville, CA; 2015.
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Type:
biographyPhysical Description:
print
1 manuscript box; 16 1/2 x 13 x 3 1/2 in.
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.