Note 4 — Group II. BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA. (continued 2)

The American Consul was Thomas O. Larkin, a native of Charlestown, Mass., who went to California in 1832. He was the first and only American consul in that country, and performed his duties so well as to win the confidence of all parties. "To him, perhaps more than to any other man, the country is indebted for the acquisition of that territory."—W. W. Morrow.