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John Bidwell collection, 1841-1917.
Boxes 126-136
Collection Overview

Title:

John Bidwell collection, 1841-1917

Creator/Contributor:

Bidwell, John, 1819-1900, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy.

Creator/Contributor:

Blake, E. Nelson.

Creator/Contributor:

Hensley, Samuel J.

Creator/Contributor:

McConkle, Joseph Walker.

Creator/Contributor:

Marshall, Henry.

Creator/Contributor:

Smith, George Adams.

Creator/Contributor:

Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

Abstract:

Correspondence, notes, legal and business papers

Date:

1841 (issued)

Subject:

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Bidwell, John -- 1819-1900 -- Correspondence
Pioneers -- California -- Correspondence
Ranch life -- California -- Butte County
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Butte County

Note:

cat 02/11/1991
John Bidwell, born Chautauqua, N.Y., August 5, 1819. California pioneer, 1841, with Bartleson-Bidwell party. Employed at Sutter's Fort. Purchased Rancho del Arroyo Chico (now city of Chico) in 1849. Agriculturalist, philanthropist. Delegate to California Constitutional Convention, 1849; state Senator, 1849-1850. California Representative to Congress, 1865-1867; candidate for President, 1892. Died in Chico, April 4, 1900.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Boxes 126-136

Physical Description:

11 ms. boxes

Language:

English

Identifier:

Boxes 126-136

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.