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The collection contains letters, documents, and a few account books related to the business activities of Henry Douglas Bacon. Subject matter includes banking methods in the 1850s; the failure of Page & Bacon and Page, Bacon & Co.; the financing of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; land transactions in Missouri and Illinois; mines and mining properties in the western United States; the wine and citrus industries in Southern California; the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad; the purchase, boundaries, and subdivision of the Marengo Ranch (now the city of South Pasadena, CA); the construction of the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, CA. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Henry Douglas Bacon, Julia Ann Page Bacon, Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow, William Tell Coleman, Samuel Gaty, Daniel Dearborn Page, Francis W. Page, Henry Starr, and Thomas M. Yerkes.
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Manuscripts
The Henry H. Sinclair Papers number more than 1,600 items, including diaries, journals, newspaper clippings, ledgers, and extensive personal and business correspondence. The complete date range is 1802-1937 (bulk dates 1909-1914). Subject matter includes business matters of the Great Western Power Company, Palmer Oil Company, Mt. Hood Railway and Power Company, etc.; diaries and notebooks concerning power plant inspection trips, mostly to the Kern River in California; the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association; and the California to Honolulu yacht races. The collection also includes his son's papers pertaining to California Delta Farms, Inc.
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