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Walter Colton (1797–1851)

Author of Three years in California

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Includes the names: Rev. Walter Colton, U.S.N. Rev. Walter Colton

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Works by Walter Colton

Three years in California (1976) 24 copies

Deck and port; or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California (2009) 8 copies

The California diary (1948) 4 copies

Glances into California (Early California travel series) (1955) 3 copies

Californian. Vol. 1 : Monterey. Saturday, February 20, 1847. No. 27 1 copy

Land and the Lee in the Bosphorus and Ægean 1 copy

Ship and Shore in Madeira, Lisbon. and the Mediterranean 1 copy

The Sea & the Sailor, Notes on France and Italy and Other Literary Remains (1851) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Family Reader of American Masterpieces (1959) — Contributor — 17 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1797-05-07
Date of death: 1851-01-22
Burial location: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Places of residence: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Monterey, California, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Education: Yale University
Hartford Grammar School
Andover Theological Seminary
Occupations: chaplain
Alcalde of Monterey
newspaper publisher
Organizations: United States Navy
Scientific and Military Academy

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Works: 8
Also by: 1
Members: 43
Popularity: #352,016
Rating: 3.0

ISBNs: 6

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