james tejani

Major Characters

Eminent scientist, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, U.S. Coast Survey superintendent

U.S. Coast Survey, renowned geodesist, critic of San Pedro Bay's harbor

U.S. Army & Coast Survey officer, triangulator of San Pedro Bay, future Civil War general & hero

Heir to the Rancho San Pedro and its estuary lands, partner to Los Angeles's Anglo settlers

War Secretary, future Confederate president, proponent of a Pacific south- coast harbor

Western explorer, land speculator, antislavery presidential candidate, opponent of San Pedro harbor

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Entrepreneur, government contractor, and master of San Pedro Bay shipping