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Gold Rush Era Report from California Governor John Bigler, 1853 [155410]

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Gold Rush Era Report from California Governor John Bigler, 1853  [155410]
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Governor's Message, Benicia, March 27th, 1853. To the Assembly of California from Governor John Bigler. Discusses the sale of water lot property in San Francisco in 1850. References the Treaty of Peace at Queratero where the sovereignty over the soil of California was transferred from the government of Mexico to the US. Also references the Water Lot Act of 1851 which regarded all the sales made after the ratification of that treaty and before admission of the State into the Union as illegal. 4pp. Taken from a book. 9.5 x 6" Rough edges. Bigler was California's 3rd governor, serving 1852-56. Lake Tahoe was also originally named Lake Bigler in his honor. While he enacted anti-Chinese policies, he was also part of the Free Soil Party that was against the spread of slavery into the Western US. California 1853