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San Pablo and Oakland Artesian Water Company, Incorporated April 11th, 1903
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Water: San Gabriel Water Company. Articles of Incorporation
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The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
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San Gabriel Valley Land and Water Company minutes
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The volumes begin with the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws for the San Gabriel Valley Land and Water Company. Following are the meeting minutes of the company from 1888 to 1893. The first volume (HM 73896) covers 1887 to March 1890. The second volume (HM 73897) covers March 1890 to 1893. There is an issue of the "Orange Trade Reporter," Vol. 3, No. 18 (1897, April 28) in the second volume.
mssHM 73896-73897
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Bay Cities Water Company's Proposition : To the People of the City of Oakland
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2033
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Act of incorporation of the Bethlehem water company : Passed February 24, 1845
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