- Agustín V. Zamorano
Infobox Governor
name = Agustín Vicente Zamorano
order = flagicon|MEX
office = Governor of Alta California
term_start = 1832
term_end = 1833
lieutenant =
predecessor =Manuel Victoria
successor =José Figueroa
birth_date = 1798
birth_place = Florida, Nueva Espana
death_date = 1842
death_place =San Diego, California
party =
spouse = María Luisa Argüello
profession =Civil Servant ,politician , printer,soldier
religion = CatholicAgustín Vicente Zamorano (1798ndash 1842), provisional
Governor of Alta California . Zamorano was born inSpanish Florida to Spanish parents and entering the armyMay 1 1821 as a cadet. He served in Mexico then came to in California in 1825 as Secretary of State to Governor ofAlta California to the governor,José María Echeandía . He served until 1831, during which he would createletterhead from woodblocks and type, without aprinting press .DuringJanuary 31 1832 -January 15 1833 , Zamorano served as provisional Governor ofAlta California , in the north, with José María de Echeandía, serving in the south.In February 1827 Zamorano married María Luisa Argüello, daughter of
Santiago Argüello , in a famous double wedding in San Diego. His children were Dolores, Luis, Gonzalo, Guadalupe, Josefa, Agustín, and Eulalia.Zamorano participated in the 1831Mexican Revolution , heading a group of rebels in Monterey, including a number of foreign residents, as Captain of the Monterey Company.When Governor
Manuel Victoria fled California January 1832, in the face of revolution, Echeandía remained acting governor until an assembly met in Los Angeles.Pío Pico was chosen governor according to the Plan of San Diego, but officials in Los Angeles refused to recognize him. Zamorano proceeded to lead a rebellion in northernAlta California , and acting as governor there, with Encheadía acting as governor in the southern Alta California. When GovernorJosé Figueroa arrived in 1833, Zamorano returned to his former duties as his secretary.Zamorano is most famous for being the first person to bring a
printing press to California, a wood-frame Ramage press purchased in Boston.He set up a print shop in Monterey in the summer of 1834 and publishes the first books in California, and, as secretary to the Mexican Governor, printed early proclamations of Mexican governors.The first book printed was "Manifiesto a la Republica Mejicana" in 1835.The Manifesto granted amnesty to the people of California after the recent rebellion.It was preceded only by sixteen-page "Reglamento" (1834) and about a half-dozen broadsides and sheets.He also offered to provide "equitable prices with gentlemen who may wish to establish any periodical," but nobody took up his offer. In total, he printed eleven broadsides, six books, six miscellaneous works, and numerous letterheads.The first newspaper wasn't printed until U.S. CommodoreRobert F. Stockton found Zamorano's old press and Walter Colton, chaplain of the U.S. frigate "Congress" and former editor of the Philadelphia "North American" started the Monterey "Californian".Capt. Zamorano was the last appointed
Commandantof thePresidio of San Diego during 1835-1840, but never assumed command. He was in San Diego in that period only during 1837-1838. Zamorano left California in 1838, later returning to San Diego in 1842, and died that year.The Zamorano Club was formed in 1928 by a group of California book collectors, printers, and librarians in honor of Zamorano.
ee also
"Nueva Espana"
References
*cite book |last=Smythe |first=William E. |title=History of San Diego, 1542-1908 |year=1907-1909 |publisher=Reprinted 2003 by Arthur H. Clark Co. |location=Los Angeles |chapter=part II, chapter VI |url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/2-6.htm |accessdate=2006-12-31
*cite book |last=Harding |first=George L. |title=Don Agustín V. Zamorano: Statesman, Soldier, Craftsman, and California's 1st Printer |year=1934 |publisher=Reprinted 2003 by Arthur H. Clark Co |location=Los Angeles |isbn=9780870623257
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