The Delegates of 1849 - by Laura Emerson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The author brings to light for the first time the life stories of the 48 men who could be considered as California's "founding fathers."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>1849--Gold Rush madness threatened to destroy California. Congress could not decide if the western territory should be admitted as a slave state or a free state. Something had to be done, and newly-appointed Military Governor Bennet C. Riley had the guts to do it: call a constitutional convention. Of the seventy-two men elected, forty-eight delegates left their homes and businesses to come to Monterey and draft a constitution. Their socio-economic backgrounds were as varied as their ages. Yet, they all believed that what they were doing was critical to the future of California. From this six-weeks meeting, a constitution was drafted that declared California a free state and established its boundary, work Congress should have done. The Gold Rush and Civil War have obscured what happened in Monterey. <em>The Delegates of 1849</em> brings to light for the first time the life stories of those forty-eight men who could be considered as California's "founding fathers."</p>
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