A biographical sketch of the life of William B. Ide
Subtitle: with a minute and interesting account of one of the largest emigrating companies, 3000 miles over land, from the East to the Pacific coast, and what is claimed as the most authentic and reliable account of "the virtual conquest of California, in June, 1846, by the Bear Flag Party," as given by its leader, the late Hon. William Brown Ide.
Contributors: Ide, William Brown, 1796-1852.
Series: A Rio Grande classic
Publisher: Rio Grande Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Glorieta, N.M
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Ide, William Brown, 1796-1852; Bear Flag Battalion; California -- History -- 1846-1850
Other titles: Who conquered California?; Scraps of California history never before published.
Description: Who conquered California? consists largely of William B. Ide's letter to Senator M.M. Wambough relating to the situation in California in 1846. The material is also included in practically the same form in A biographical sketch of the life of William B. Ide (p. 88-212).
Notes: Half title: Scraps of California history never before published.
Reprint, with new prefatory matter and an index, of the 1880 editions of A biographical sketch of the life of William B. Ide, by Simeon Ide, and Who conquered California? by William B. Ide.
Who conquered California? consists largely of William B. Ide's letter to Senator M. M. Wambough relating to the situation in California in 1846. The material is also included in practically the same form in A biographical sketch of the life of William B. Ide (p. 88-212)