Two exhibitions link the colonial histories of America and California together. Alexander Hamilton: Treasures from the New-York Historical Society presents original artifacts and documents—many never before seen on the West Coast—that illuminate Hamilton’s role in shaping the legal, economic, and political systems at the foundation of the modern United States. Meanwhile out West: Colonizing California, 1769–1821 highlights the same time period when at least 300,000 indigenous people lived in Alta California, as it was once known, when the Spanish Crown asserted sovereignty over the territory in 1769. In the ensuing five decades, Spain left an enduring imprint on the Native peoples, the landscape and on California’s cultural heritage, exploring the period through manuscripts, books, paintings, and artifacts from the California Historical Society’s collections. Learn more at www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
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Two exhibitions link the colonial histories of America and California together. Alexander Hamilton: Treasures from the New-York Historical Society presents original artifacts and documents—many never before seen on the West Coast—that illuminate Hamilton’s role in shaping the legal, economic, and political systems at the foundation of the modern United States. Meanwhile out West: Colonizing California, 1769–1821 highlights the same time period when at least 300,000 indigenous people lived in Alta California, as it was once known, when the Spanish Crown asserted sovereignty over the territory in 1769. In the ensuing five decades, Spain left an enduring imprint on the Native peoples, the landscape and on California’s cultural heritage, exploring the period through manuscripts, books, paintings, and artifacts from the California Historical Society’s collections. Learn more at www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
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