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:
n-us-ca
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.