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The land of gold; or, Three years in California

Chapter 4: A LIST OF THE DELEGATES IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED AT MONTEREY, UPPER CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, A. D. 1849.
By Walter Colton
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A personal journal presents three years of life in California during a period of rapid change, combining eyewitness reports of military actions and civic organization with local anecdotes about miners, emigrants, and Indigenous peoples. It describes daily life on farms and in towns, the scramble for gold, lawlessness, gambling, and social customs, and reflects on the scarcity of women and the formation of courts, newspapers, and conventions. Narrative chapters move between battle and domestic scenes, weather and landscape notes, and portraits of notable residents, offering a textured account of a society transforming under sudden population and economic pressure.

A LIST
OF THE DELEGATES IN CONVENTION
ASSEMBLED AT MONTEREY, UPPER CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, A. D. 1849.

NAMES. WHERE BORN. RESIDENCE. AGE.
Robert Semple. Kentucky. Benicia. Forty-two.
John A. Sutter. Switzerland. New Helvetia. Forty-seven.
Thomas O. Larkin. Massachusetts. Monterey. Forty-seven.
M. G. Vallejo. California. Sonoma. Forty-two.
Wm. M. Gwin. Tennessee. San Francisco. Forty-four.
H. W. Halleck. New York. Monterey. Thirty-two.
Wm. M. Steuart. Maryland. San Francisco. Forty-nine.
Joseph Hobson. Do. Do. Thirty-nine.
Thos. L. Vermeule. New Jersey. Loetown. Thirty-five.
O. M. Wozencraft. Ohio. San Joaquin. Thirty-four.
B. F. Moore. Florida. Do. Twenty-nine.
Wm. E. Shannon. New York. Sacramento. Twenty-seven.
Winfield S. Sherwood. Do. Do. Thirty-two.
Elam Brown. Do. San José. Fifty-two.
Joseph Aram. Do. Do. Thirty-nine.
J. D. Hoppe. Maryland. Do. Thirty-five.
Jno. McDougal. Ohio. Sutter. Thirty-two.
Elisha O. Crosby. Tompkins Co., N. Y. Vernon. Thirty-four.
K. H. Dimmick. New York. Pueblo San José. Thirty-four.
Julian Hanks. Connecticut. Do. Thirty-seven.
M. M. McCarver. Kentucky. Sacramento City. Forty-two.
Francis J. Lippitt. Rhode Island. San Francisco. Thirty-seven.
Rodman M. Price. New York. Do. Thirty.
Lewis Dent. Missouri. Monterey. Twenty-six.
Henry Hill. Virginia. Do. Thirty-three.
Ch. T. Botts. Do. Do. Forty.
Myron Norton. Vermont. San Francisco. Twenty-seven.
J. M. Jones. Kentucky. San Joaquin. Twenty-five.
P. Sainsevain. Bordeaux. San José. Trente ans.
José M. Covarrubias. France. Santa Barbara. Forty-one.
Antonio Ma. Pico. California. San José. Forty.
Jacinto Rodriguez. Do. Monterey. Thirty-six.
Stephen C. Foster. Maine. Los Angeles. Twenty-eight.
Henry A. Tefft. New York. San Luis Obispo. Twenty-six.
J. M. H. Hollingsworth. Maryland. San Joaquin. Twenty-five.
Abel Stearns. Massachusetts. Los Angeles. Fifty-one.
Hugh Reid. Scotland. San Gabriel. Thirty-eight.
Benj. S. Lippincott. New York. San Joaquin. Thirty-four.
Joel P. Walker. Virginia. Sonoma. Fifty-two.
Jacob R. Snyder. Pennsylvania. Sacramento City. Thirty-four.
L. W. Hastings. Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Sacramento. Thirty.
Pablo de la Guerra. California. Santa Barbara. Thirty.
José Anto. Carrillo. Do. Angeles. Fifty-three.
Manl. Dominguez. Do. Do. Forty-six.
P. Ord. Maryland. Monterey. Thirty-three.
Edw. Gilbert. New York. San Francisco. Twenty-seven.
Miguel de Pedrorena. Spain. San Diego. Forty-one.
A. J. Ellis. New York. San Francisco. Thirty-three.