biography
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Sutter, John Augustus
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1803–80)
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| biography:
| California colonist, born in Kandern, SW Germany. A Swiss citizen, he moved to the USA in 1834, and by 1839 had made his way to Mexican California. He obtained large land grants from the Mexican authorities, and set up a colony on the American R near present-day Sacramento. Known for his helpfulness to American settlers, he was ruined by the events that followed the discovery of gold on his property. He went bankrupt in 1852, and spent most of his remaining years trying to obtain satisfactory compensation. |
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