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- rc01000774 abstract "Walter Colton (1797-1851) of Vermont had a career as clergyman and journalist before sailing to California as naval chaplain of the Congress. In July 1846, Commodore Stockton named him alcalde of Monterey, a post to which he was elected a few months later. He remained in California until 1849, using his time to found the state's first newspaper and building its first schoolhouse. Three years in California (1850) contains Colton's memoirs of that period, including descriptions of the U.S. military occupation of California, social life and customs of Monterey, discovery of gold and firsthand impressions of the Sonora mining camp in the Southern Mines, visits to Stockton and San Jos,̌ John Charles Frm̌ont, the Constitutional Convention of 1849, and California missions.".
- rc01000774 accessRights "No known restrictions on publication.".
- rc01000774 contributor B12961805.
- rc01000774 coverage "California Description and travel.".
- rc01000774 coverage "California History 1846-1850 Sources.".
- rc01000774 created "1850.".
- rc01000774 date "1850".
- rc01000774 date "1850.".
- rc01000774 dateCopyrighted "1850.".
- rc01000774 description "Walter Colton (1797-1851) of Vermont had a career as clergyman and journalist before sailing to California as naval chaplain of the Congress. In July 1846, Commodore Stockton named him alcalde of Monterey, a post to which he was elected a few months later. He remained in California until 1849, using his time to found the state's first newspaper and building its first schoolhouse. Three years in California (1850) contains Colton's memoirs of that period, including descriptions of the U.S. military occupation of California, social life and customs of Monterey, discovery of gold and firsthand impressions of the Sonora mining camp in the Southern Mines, visits to Stockton and San Jos,̌ John Charles Frm̌ont, the Constitutional Convention of 1849, and California missions.".
- rc01000774 extent "456 p.".
- rc01000774 format "t".
- rc01000774 hasFormat "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- rc01000774 identifier calbk.009.
- rc01000774 isFormatOf "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- rc01000774 issued "1850".
- rc01000774 issued "1850.".
- rc01000774 language "eng".
- rc01000774 publisher "New York, A.S. Barnes & co.; Cincinnati, H.W. Derby & co.,".
- rc01000774 relation "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- rc01000774 rights "No known restrictions on publication.".
- rc01000774 spatial "California Description and travel.".
- rc01000774 spatial "California History 1846-1850 Sources.".
- rc01000774 spatial "California.".
- rc01000774 subject "917.94".
- rc01000774 subject "Business California.".
- rc01000774 subject "Colton, Walter, 1797-1851.".
- rc01000774 subject "F865 .C7".
- rc01000774 subject "Law Political aspects California.".
- rc01000774 subject "Mines and mineral resources California.".
- rc01000774 title "Three years in California [1846-1849] By Rev. Walter Colton, U.S.N. ...".
- rc01000774 type "text".