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Kept variously by John Bidwell, William F. Swasey, W.N. Loker, all in Sutter's employ, and by Sutter himself. Covers events from Sept 9, 1845 to May 25, 1848. No entries from July 11 to Dec. 9, 1846, and from latter date to May 20, 1847.
Re-examines the life of John Sutter in the context of America's rush for westward expansion in a fully documented account of the Swiss expatriate and would-be empire builder and his times.
This volume begins with John Sutter's own account of his life and the discovery of gold at his sawmill in 1848. Leading historians Howard R. Lamar, Albert L. Hurtado, Iris H. W. Engstrand, Richard W. White, and Patricia Nelson Limerick then demythologize Sutter while giving him a more secure place in western history.