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Zeilin was the Seventh Commandant of the marine Corps as well as second Lieutenant earlier in his career. Assisted in the conquest and colonization of California, in Santa Barbra and Los Angeles. He is mentioned in Frances "Fanny" Adeline Seward's 1866 diary, where he is said to have attended a dinner party in Washington, DC.

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Zeilin was the Seventh Commandant of the marine Corps as well as second Lieutenant earlier in his career. Assisted in the conquest and colonization of California, in Santa Barbra and Los Angeles. He is mentioned in Frances "Fanny" Adeline Seward's 1866 diary, where he is said to have attended a dinner party in Washington, DC.
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