PREFACE s the period in California history from he introductory chapter I have attempted ad in a very general way, the extension of e over the territory from an early date to the conquest. This is followed by a more f the period of military rule and the poing therefrom. The work of the Conventhe election, organization, and important first Legislature have been given due coner eighteen deals with the admission of e Union, and in the final chapter will be ics on the population and resources of the ression that a group of southern politicians onvention of 1849 is contrary to fact as e extensive eastern boundary was not supn men any more than by northern, and the ree negro was a question in which the man 'n states was interested as much as the uth. The State Legislature, however, did proslavery men to represent California in United States. atever merit t nsible, howe tion of sections in state constitutions dealing with corpora- and to his f tions and banks. This has been treated, briefly in so far as other states of the Union are concerned, and somewhat more fully in the case of California. The sources of the Constitution of 1849 have been traced. These will be found to be more extensive than has been supposed generally. Space will not permit me to name all who have so kindly assisted me in this work. Special mention is due the authorities of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Berkeley, California, for courtesies extended to me in the use of the Bancroft Collection; to Mr. Frank Jordan, Secretary of State, and to Mr. Ed. L. Head, Keeper of the State Archives, for permitting me to use the original copies of the election returns; to Mr. J. L. Gillis, State Librarian at Sacramento, and his assistants, not only for kindnesses extended while there, but for forwarding documents and data from time to time at my request; and to Major Edwin T. Sherman, Oakland, California, for permitting me to use his Reminiscences, MS., a document here cited for the first time. My classmate, Mr. George McMinn, now of the University of California, read the manuscript and in many ways improved it by his suggestions and criticisms. Miss Dorothea M. Melden assisted me in comparing the manuscript with the typewritten copy, and I am under deep obligation to my wife for invaluable aid rendered in many ways. Especially do I wish to extend my thanks to Prof. Herbert E. Bolton of the University of California. It was at his suggestion that I began the work a little over a year STOCKTON, CALIFO MARCH 6, 1914 |
