Title:
John Bidwell (Sutter's Fort Pioneer Collection), 1841-1902
Creator/Contributor:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900, creator
Creator/Contributor:
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Creator/Contributor:
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Creator/Contributor:
McKinstry, George
Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, John Neely
Abstract:
Business and personal papers, correspondence, certificates, contracts, receipts
Date:
1841 (issued)
Subject:
Pioneers -- California
Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.)
Bidwell, John -- 1819-1900
Frontier and pioneer life -- California
Note:
Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.
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.
CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets
Physical Description:
print
2
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.