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The general railroad laws of California : the Pacific railroad act of Congress, and the by-laws of the Central Pacific railroad company of California, together with city ordinance of Sacramento and act donating swamp land
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Railroad lands : Central Pacific railroad, Southern Pacific railroad, land department
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256197
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Central Pacific Railroad Company. Law Department to Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Land Agent
Manuscripts
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.
mssShorb papers
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Pacific railroad laws, including charters and acts of Congress, relating to or affecting the Union Pacific Railroad : the Kansas Pacific Railway, the Denver Pacific Railway, the Central Pacific Railroad, the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, and the Texas & Pacific Railroad
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245329
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An act to encourage the construction of railroads in Texas, by donations of lands
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249011
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Map of the western division of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California from Sacramento to San Francisco
Manuscripts
mssHM 84429