The story of Peter Burnett

Peter Burnett. First governor of California, 1849 to 1851.

1849–1851

Peter Burnett, head of California. Governor.

6 Jan 1851

Peter Burnett authored Burnett’s State of the State address, January 1851.

The state’s 2019 release quotes this as “between the two races”; the address as the State Library prints it reads “between the races”.

Peter Burnett, involved in California’s militia campaigns against Native peoples, 1850s.

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