Bryant, Edward. <\/span>What I Saw in California. <\/span><\/i>1848. Reprint, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1985.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edward Bryant\u2019s book is a detailed look at what an American immigrant to Alta California faced in their primary years in the country. Bryant\u2019s book skyrocketed to fame following the California Gold Rush, and it is invaluable in that it shows the opinions of the westward movement of an ordinary citizens, as well as the motivations of an ordinary Kentucky newspaper man for travelling out west and who ultimately met up with Colonel Fr\u00e9mont and fought under his command. <\/span><\/p>\n

Duvall, Marius. <\/span>A Navy Surgeon in California 1846-1847: The Journal of Marius Duvall. <\/span><\/i>Edited by Blackburn Rogers. San Francisco: John Howell, 1957.<\/span><\/p>\n

Duvall\u2019s daily journal entries that last from April of 1846 to May of 1847 gives us an \u201coutside\u201d American military perspective regarding the Bear Flag Revolt and its major players in that Duvall was stationed on the <\/span>Portsmouth, <\/span><\/i>a ship off the coast of California when the revolt broke out. Duvall\u2019s account is most likely the earliest account to give adverse criticism to the Bear Flaggers, and it also gives detailed accounts of Fr\u00e9mont and his character as well. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fr\u00e9mont, John C. <\/span>The Expeditions of John Charles Fr\u00e9mont. <\/span><\/i>Vol. 2, <\/span>The Bear Flag Revolt and the Court-Martial. <\/span><\/i>Edited by Mary Lee Spence and Donald Jackson. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1973. <\/span><\/p>\n

John C. Fr\u00e9mont is one, if not the the most, important player in the event that was the Bear Flag Revolt. No history of the revolt is possible without discussing Fr\u00e9mont, and by looking at his journals, particularly the ones dealing with the year 1846 since they are many, one can attempt to seek out passages that give a clue as to whether Fr\u00e9mont was acting alone, acting in accordance with government wishes, and to what extent expansionist policies played a role.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ide, Simeon. <\/span>A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B Ide. <\/span><\/i>1880. Reprint, Glorieta, NM: The Rio Grande Press, 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Ide\u2019s work is technically a biography, it is a biography of the first (and only) President of California, the prominent Bear Flagger, and the brother of the author of this volume. Simeon Ide declares that much of the information presented in his work is taken from knowledge he procured from his brother, so in some ways it is the detailing of William B. Ide\u2019s own history of the Bear Flag Revolt, carrying with it no small amount of challenges in using it as a primary source. <\/span><\/p>\n

Larkin, Thomas Oliver. <\/span>The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California. <\/span><\/i>Vol IV, <\/span>1845-1846<\/span><\/i>. Edited by George P. Hammond. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1953. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas O. Larkin served as the only United States Consul to Alta California, and in that position he had constant communication to several high-ranking officials in both the American and Mexican governments. This volume\u2019s preservation of his letters show the increasing alarm that Larking began to feel as he saw an increasing American presence in Alta California, and his correspondence with American officials, especially Secretary of State James Buchanan, reveal the American government’s official response as well as Larkin\u2019s heightened suspicion. <\/span><\/p>\n

Larkin, Thomas Oliver. <\/span>The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California. <\/span><\/i>Vol. V, 1846. Edited by George P. Hammond. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1955. <\/span><\/p>\n

This volume of Larkin\u2019s correspondences covers only the year 1846 since there are a considerable amount more of them due largely to the outbreak of the Bear Flag Revolt and soon thereafter open warfare with Mexico. Larkin\u2019s letters of this period illustrate that the revolt was an unexpected event that threw California into chaos, and they also illustrate that the Bear Flaggers and their rebellion clearly upset a plan for peaceful annexation that Larkin was working towards. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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