Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Related Collections
Descriptive Summary
Title: Pearson Barton Reading Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1843-1868
Box Number: 284-289
Collector:
Reading, Alice M.
Extent: 6 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Pearson Barton Reading Collection, California State Library.
Access Points
Reading family
California--History--1846-1850
California Battalion
Rancho Buena Vista (Calif.)
Frontier and pioneer life--California
Pioneers--California
Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.)
Contents
Correspondence, family history, California Battalion accounts and correspondence, and grant and ranch materials.
Biography
Pearson Barton Reading was born in New Jersey, November 26, 1816. He came to California as a member of the Chiles-Walker party
in 1843. He worked for John A. Sutter as a clerk, explorer, and chief of trappers and commanded at Sutter's Fort in Sutter's
absence during the Micheltorena Campaign (1845). In 1844, Reading was granted his Buena Ventura Rancho. Reading served in
the California Battalion in 1846 as paymaster with the rank of major. 1849 found Reading in Sacramento where he had a store
in company with Hensley and Snyder. He ran for governor 1851, missing election by only a few votes. In 1856, he married Fannie
Washington and retired to his rancho where he deoted himself to agriculture. He died on May 29, 1868.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
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Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Other Correspondents
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Anderson, Charles
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Baird, J. H.
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Belden, Josiah, 1815-1892
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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858
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Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
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Boarman, Thomas M.
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Brenham, C. J.
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Buffum, E. Gould (Edward Gould), 1820-1867
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Canby, Edward
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Chenery, Richard
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Cordua, Theodore, 1796-1857
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Dent, Lewis
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Dickey, William
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Douglas, David F.
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Fellers, T. J.
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Fremont, John C.
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Haydenfeldt, S.
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Howard, William
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Johnson, O. R.
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Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
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Leidesdorff, William
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McDougal, John
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Monson, A. C.
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Reading, Fannie
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Reading, Pierson Barton
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Reading, John
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Semple, Charles D., 1814-1872
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Simpson, Robert
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Spear, Nathan
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Stockton, B. F.
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Stokes, James
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Street, C. R.
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Vincent, George
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Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878
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Wilson, John
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Wood, Robert
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Woodworth, Frederick A.
Related Collections
Title: John Augustus Sutter Collection