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1850 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. T. Butler King's First Report on California Slavery, Statehood, and Gold Rush. Reformer He was an earnest EvangelicalAn exceptionally nice example of the first official report, ostensibly on the Gold Rush. As it turned out, Thomas Butler Kings mission was more complex. A Georgian Congressman, he was dispatched by President Taylor also with a semi secret message of encouragement for California to forego territorial status and instead seek statehood directly. Taylor wanted to avoid the dissension within the Congress on the issue of slavery within California as a