History of California
Subtitle: Volume IV
Publisher: N. J. Stone
Published: 1898
Place of publication: San Francisco
Notes: Vols. 1-2: Pacific press publishing house and Occidental publishing co., 1885; v. 3-4: N. J. Stone & company, 1897.
Table of contents: pagenum: 43
title: CONTKNTS BOOK XL EARLV STATE ADNIINISTRATIONS CHAPTER I BURNETT Pagb Peter H Burnett, »:ovemor when state admitted into Union; pagenum: 43
title: Sketch of his earlier life in Tennessee and Missouri ^; pagenum: 45
title: How he emigrated to Oregon, and his settlement there; pagenum: 45
title: His part in forming provisional government for Oregon; specimens of its laws; pagenum: 46
title: Legislation, advocated by him, against slaves, free negroes and mulat- toes; pagenum: 47
title: How he became converted to Catholicism; pagenum: 48
title: Judge of Oregon territory supreme court; his organization of company for California gold mines; pagenum: 49
title: How he emigrated to California, and his first occupations there; pagenum: 49
title: Agitation of question of government for California; pagenum: 50
title: Judge of superior tribunal of California; candidate for governor; pagenum: 51
title: First Democratic mass-meeting in California ^; pagenum: 52
title: Question of how candidates should be nominated ^; pagenum: 53
title: Democratic primaries; election of November 13, 1849; Burnett governor; pagenum: 54
title: His residence at San Francisco and San Jos^; how he approved bills; pagenum: 55
title: Second Democratic mass-meeting; disorderly proceedings; pagenum: 56
title: Spoils system of 1850 in San Francisco; rising of citizens, and result; pagenum: 57
title: Character of life in California in 1850; pagenum: 57
title: yBurnett*s integrity; his weaknesses; pagenum: 58
title: ^Legislature of 1851; Burnett's annual message; views on Indian affairs; pagenum: 59
title: yHis ideas about negroes, and subsequently about Chinamen; pagenum: 59
title: His recommendations of legislation; pagenum: 60
title: ^ Resignation of office as governor; newspaper comment; pagenum: 61
title: Burnett's personality; his subsequent career; title: CHAPTER II m'dougal Pack John McDougal's early life; member of constitutional convention of 1849 ^ Election as lieutenant-governor; popularity •«•
pagenum: 63
label: xviii; pagenum: 63
title: Characteristics; dress; why called **I, John" «; pagenum: 64
title: Inauguration as governor; first veto message »; pagenum: 64
title: Second veto message; misconstruction of constitution; pagenum: 65
title: Veto that evoked anti-squatter rancor; resignation of state printer, McDougal's action; pagenum: 66
title: State-printing extravagance; Alonzo W Adams' exposures ^; pagenum: 66
title: Adams' tribulations; result of his exposures to himself; pagenum: 67
title: Legislation of 185 1 ; d vil and criminal procedure; question of divorces; pagenum: 68
title: Elcan Heydenfeldt's opposition; passage of divorce law ^; pagenum: 69
title: Homestead and anti-lottery laws ^; pagenum: 70
title: Law to license gambling; punishment of robbery, grand and petty larceny; pagenum: 71
title: San Francisco beach-and-water-lot act; discussions ^; pagenum: 71
title: Charges of corruption; investigations; pagenum: 72
title: Question of removal of capital; Mariano G Vallejo's grand scheme; pagenum: 73
title: Election of 1850 as to removal; reports in favor of Vallejo; pagenum: 74
title: George B Tingley's opposition to removaL; pagenum: 75
title: Vallejo's pledges and promises; removal-contest ^; pagenum: 76
title: Extraordinary bond; selection of building-sites; pagenum: 77
title: Choice of Vallejo as capital; charges of corruption; pagenum: 78
title: Attempts to impeach Judges Levi Parsons and William R Turner; pagenum: 78
title: David C Broderick and John Bigleras legislative officers; smoking and chewing in legislature; pagenum: 79
title: Bigler's valedictory as speaker of assembly; pagenum: 80
title: Political parties of California in 1851; pagenum: 81
title: Democratic and Whig conventions; election of John Bigler and Samuel Purdy governor and lieutenant-governor; pagenum: 82
title: Meeting of legislature of 1852 at Vallejo; protests against capital-removal; pagenum: 82
title: McDougal's annual message; views on slavery and unequal taxation; pagenum: 84
title: What he had to say about education and public lands; pagenum: 85
title: Recommendations of various reforms and improvements; pagenum: 86
title: State debts; removal of Indians; state-prison convicts; pagenum: 87
title: Question as to printing of message; McDougal's attempted resignation; pagenum: 87
title: McDougal's subsequent career, and death; title: BIGLER« John Bigler's birth, occupation and immigration; how he became a politician
pagenum: 89
label: CHAPTER III; pagenum: 89
title: Legislative career in 1850 and 1851; political partnership with Broderick; election as governor