Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
History
Material Transferred from the Collection
Related Collections
Descriptive Summary
Title: Pioneer Manuscript Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1796-1897
Box Number: 345-347
Collector:
California State Library
Extent: 3 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], Pioneer Manuscript Collection, California State Library.
Access Points
Frontier and pioneer life--California
Pioneers--California
California--History-1846-1850
California--History
Contents
Correspondence and miscellany. California and non-California material originally in the possession of California pioneers
and early settlers, 1796-1897.
History
The Spanish settled in California in 1769. The first permanent settlement was started when soldiers and sailors established
permanent residence in San Diego. San Jose de Guadalupe was the first pueblo in California. It was founded November 29, 1777
by five colonists who had come to California with explorer, Juan Baptista de Anza.
From 1769 to 1822 California was under Spanish rule. In 1822, California declared independence from Spain and aligned with
Mexico. After a period of unrest, the territory came into the possession of the United States in 1846.
In 1848, gold was discovered leading to a great immigration. In less than four years there were 250,000 people in the state.
California was admitted to the union as a free state September 9, 1850.
Material Transferred from the Collection
Manuscript books, pictures, typescripts, etc.
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