A biographical sketch of the life of William B. Ide : 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.

A biographical sketch of the life of William B. Ide : 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Ide, Simeon, 1794-1889.
Imprint:[Claremont, N.H. : S. Ide, 1880]
Description:239 p. ; 17 cm.
Language:English
Series:American West (Marlborough, England)
Subject:
Ide, William Brown, -- 1796-1852.
Bear Flag Battalion.
California -- History -- 1846-1850.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13092108
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Conquest of California by the Bear Flag Party organized and led by William B. Ide
Half-title: Scraps of California history never before published
Other authors / contributors:Newberry Library.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Notes:William Ide was leader of the Bear Flag movement at Sonoma, and was often referred to as the "President" of California.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2008 (The American West) Newberry copy is author's signed presentation copy.
Newberry Library, Chicago

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