John Gately Downey was an Irish-American politician and the seventh governor of California from January 14, 1860, to January 10, 1862. He was the first governor of California born outside the United States and the first to live in Southern California.
San Francisco San Francisco, March 25, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, New York: COLONEL: In consequence of the frequent depredations by the Indians upon the property of the inhabitants of…
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, August 15, 1861. Hon. JoHN G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento City, Cal. : In filling the requisition given you August 14 for five regiments, please…
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 9, 1861. His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY, l À Governor of the State of California, Sacramento City, Cdl. : GOVERNOR: I have…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 8, 1861. His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF California: > I have the honor to request that you will forward on the 10th, 20th, and last day…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 9, 1862. January 9, 1862. His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, San Francisco: General Wright was authorized by the Secretary of War, December 2, subject…