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My biography is the history of California: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and his Recuerdos
My biography is the history of California: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and his Recuerdos
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–90) grew up in Spanish California, became a leading military and political figure in Mexican California, and participated in some of the founding events of U.S. California, such as the Monterey Constitutional Convention and the first legislature. Like many Mexican Californios he lost most of his land to squatter occupation and expensive […]