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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
A directory of California wine growers and wine makers in 1860
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
265742
Manuscripts
On Alameda, south of First & Guadalupe Streets; showing structures, courses, distances, numbered lots in sections A & B; Assn adjacent to Wolfskill & Ygnacio del Valle parcels; . Alt title supplied by cataloger.
mssSolano SR_Box_33(21).01
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents and maps related to the life and business affairs of Benjamin D. Wilson. Subject matter includes business and social life in California (1850-90), Indian affairs in Southern California (1852-56), the wine industry, the Santa Fe trade, the estate settlement of Solomon Sublette, and the early history of Pasadena, San Marino, and Wilmington, California. There is also a great deal of personal correspondence from Wilson's wife Margaret S. Hereford Hereford Wilson, his daughters Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Ruth Wilson Patton, and Annie Wilson, his son John B. Wilson, Ruth's husband George S. Patton, Sr., and many of Margaret's Hereford relatives. Also included are diaries kept by Margaret, Ruth, and Annie Wilson. Other individuals represented in the collection include Phineas Banning, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Cave Johnson Couts, Stephen Clark Foster, John Charles Fŕemont, John S. Griffin, William McKendree Gwin, Benjamin Hayes, Henry Edwards Huntington, George S. Patton, Jr., and Jonathan Trumbull Warner.
WN 1530.
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426983
Manuscripts
Alameda to Main; San Pedro St.; First St. to Third Sts.; showing structures, vegetation; parcel owners (Wolfskill), subdivision; color highlighting.
mssSolano SR_Map_0798