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Gwin and Wilkes Pass in the Early California Era
The Philadelphia Times notes the deaths of William M. Gwin and George Wilkes in New York. Gwin, once Mississippi marshal and early California pioneer, died at about age 80 after a career spanning New Orleans politics, California statehood, and a controversial Senate term linked to Broderick. Wilkes, a New York journalist and former California figure, died at 69, renowned as a Bohemian in politics and letters and a residuary legatee in Broderick’s will. Both men shaped early California history and its intertwined fate with national events.
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California
William M. Gwin
George Wilkes
Gwin
New York
Wilkes
Broderick
Jerry
Cifornia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Jackson
New Orleans
United States
Fremont
Buchanan
Pacific slope
Joseph C. McKibbin
Washington
congress
Terry
McKibbin
Hancock
South
Fort Lafayette
Mexico
Maximilian
Sonora
cines
Greeley
Tilden, Hancock
Cleveland
Japan
Spirit of the Times
feange vsasitadas
Philadelphis Times