The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Central America. 1882-87History Company, 1888 |
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... . 11 The former two square leagues in extent , and transferred by A. Suñol to F. Higuera ; the latter three leagues , and held by A. Alviso and T. Pacheco . the upper Alameda . Here lives the venturesome English sailor.
... . 11 The former two square leagues in extent , and transferred by A. Suñol to F. Higuera ; the latter three leagues , and held by A. Alviso and T. Pacheco . the upper Alameda . Here lives the venturesome English sailor.
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... held by W. C. Moon and Merritt . A. G. Toomes occupies a tract north of the creek which bears his 29 A name applied by Sutter from the feather ornaments of the natives . 30 It was founded in 1841 , and managed successively by Bidwell ...
... held by W. C. Moon and Merritt . A. G. Toomes occupies a tract north of the creek which bears his 29 A name applied by Sutter from the feather ornaments of the natives . 30 It was founded in 1841 , and managed successively by Bidwell ...
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... held him . Of medium size , strong rather than well developed , his features were coarse , with a thin beard round the chin and mouth , cut short like the brown hair ; broad forehead and penetrating eyes , by no means unintelligent ...
... held him . Of medium size , strong rather than well developed , his features were coarse , with a thin beard round the chin and mouth , cut short like the brown hair ; broad forehead and penetrating eyes , by no means unintelligent ...
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... held it before Sutter's eyes , remarking , " I believe this is gold ; but the people at the mill laughed at me and called me crazy . Sutter examined the stuff atten- tively , and finally said : " It certainly looks like it ; we will try ...
... held it before Sutter's eyes , remarking , " I believe this is gold ; but the people at the mill laughed at me and called me crazy . Sutter examined the stuff atten- tively , and finally said : " It certainly looks like it ; we will try ...
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... held back the older and less robust , singling out the young and hardy , so that in many respects the flower of the population departed . The intention of most being to return , few women were exposed to the hardships of these early ...
... held back the older and less robust , singling out the young and hardy , so that in many respects the flower of the population departed . The intention of most being to return , few women were exposed to the hardships of these early ...
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Stran 299 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Stran 341 - The North has only to will it to accomplish it, to do justice by conceding to the South an equal right in the acquired territory, and to do her duty by causing the stipulations relative to fugitive slaves to be faithfully fulfilled, to cease the agitation of the slave question, and to provide for the insertion of a provision in the Constitution, by an amendment, which will restore to the South, in substance, the power she possessed of protecting herself, before the equilibrium between the sections...
Stran 54 - Gold Mine Found. — In the newly made raceway of the Saw Mill recently erected by Captain Sutter, on the American Fork, gold has been found in considerable quantities. One person brought thirty dollars' worth to New Helvetia, gathered there in a short time. California, no doubt, is rich in mineral wealth, great chances here for scientific capitalists. Gold has been found in almost every part of the country.
Stran 708 - In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement...
Stran 91 - ... worth of gold; and Mr. Lyman, a gentleman of education and worthy of every credit, said he had been engaged, with four others, with a machine, on the American Fork, just below...
Stran 573 - The archives thus collected," he wrote, furnished irresistible proof that there had been an organized system of fabricating land titles carried on for a long time in California by Mexican officials ; that forgery and perjury had been reduced to a regular occupation; that the making of false grants, with the subornation of false witnesses to prove them, had become a trade and a business.
Stran 541 - That the commissioners herein provided for, and the District and Supreme Courts, in deciding on the validity of any claim brought before them under the provisions of this act, shall be governed by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the law of nations, the laws, usages, and customs of the government from which the claim is derived, the principles of equity, and the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, so far as they are applicable.
Stran 91 - Sutter's mill ; that they worked eight days, and that his share was at the rate of fifty dollars a day ; but hearing that others were doing better at Weber's place, they had removed there, and were then on the point of resuming operations. I might tell of hundreds of similar instances...
Stran 733 - June 1860 he applied for a change of venue, on the ground that he could not have a fair and impartial trial in SF, because of his course during the active existence of the vigilance committee. The change of venue was granted by Judge Hager, to Marin county. On the...
Stran 128 - Panamd, to Astoria, or to such other port as the secretary of the navy may select, in the territory of Oregon, once a month each way, so as to connect with the mail from Habana to Chagres across the Isthmus.