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Guide to the John Bidwell Papers (Sutter's Fort Pioneer Collection), 1841-1902
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Title: John Bidwell Papers (Sutter's Fort Pioneer Collection),
Date (inclusive): 1841-1902
Box Number: 349-350
Creator:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], John Bidwell Papers (Sutter's Fort Pioneer Collection), California State Library.
Pioneers--California
Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
Frontier and pioneer life--California
Business and personal papers, correspondence, certificates, contracts, receipts.
John Bidwell was born in Chautauqua, N.Y., August 5, 1819. He came to California in 1841 with the Bartleson-Bidwell party.
He was employed at Sutter's Fort in Sacramento and purchased Rancho del Arroyo Chico (now the city of Chico) in1849. An agriculturalist
and philanthropist, he was a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. He served as State Senator from
1849 to1850 and as California Representative to Congress in 1865/1867. He was a candidate for President in 1892. He died in
Chico, April 4, 1900.
- Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
- Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
- McKinstry, George
- Johnson, John Neely
Material Transferred from the Collection
- Map (tracing copy) "Elachamac, or Alachamc, granted to J. Bidwell."
- Typescripts and newspapers
Title: John Bidwell papers
Title: Annie E. K. Bidwell papers
Title: George McKinstry, Jr. papers