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father's fortunes had seemed to improve. The son was afterwards raised by his single mother, Anna Sutter, and put through counting school. While the younger Sutter was still a minor living in Europe, Sutter Sr. had decided to transfer to his son, some of his land holdings from the Mexican land grant which he called New Helvetia. Word eventually reached Sutter Jr. that while his father was in California, he had again managed to get himself back into debt. In 1848, with the

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