Manuscripts
1863-1890
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Brophy-Beeson papers
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, and one account book related to a variety of subjects, including: gold mining and ranching in Yuba County in the 1850s; disputed California land titles; California and national politics (1856-1861); rural life in La Salle County, Illinois (1856-1864) and in Jackson County, Oregon (1860-1885); life of the Oregon militia (1863-1866); and aid to the Native Americans.
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1827-1855
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, and one account book related to a variety of subjects, including: gold mining and ranching in Yuba County in the 1850s; disputed California land titles; California and national politics (1856-1861); rural life in La Salle County, Illinois (1856-1864) and in Jackson County, Oregon (1860-1885); life of the Oregon militia (1863-1866); and aid to the Native Americans.
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Account book
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, and one account book related to a variety of subjects, including: gold mining and ranching in Yuba County in the 1850s; disputed California land titles; California and national politics (1856-1861); rural life in La Salle County, Illinois (1856-1864) and in Jackson County, Oregon (1860-1885); life of the Oregon militia (1863-1866); and aid to the Native Americans.
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1856-1862
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, and one account book related to a variety of subjects, including: gold mining and ranching in Yuba County in the 1850s; disputed California land titles; California and national politics (1856-1861); rural life in La Salle County, Illinois (1856-1864) and in Jackson County, Oregon (1860-1885); life of the Oregon militia (1863-1866); and aid to the Native Americans.
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1863-1864 February
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A collection of 1,072 items from 1815 to 1939, it consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, and two scrapbooks related to the lives and family of Harriet Williams Russell Strong and Charles Lyman Strong. There is material related to mining in Virginia City, Nevada, from 1860 to 1867 and Galena, Nevada, from 1877 to 1880; Hardyville and La Paz, Arizona; and California. There is some material related to the activities of Harriet Strong's father, Henry Pierrepont Russell, in the militia in Nevada; this material includes some references to Native Americans. Of note is one letter from Orion Clemens (brother of Mark Twain) appointing Samuel Andrew Russell to the Nevada Militia in 1863. The subject of California politics appears in the letters of Harriet's sister, Catherine Hundley, and her husband, Patrick Oglesby Hundley; he was a member of the California state assembly from 1860 to 1861 and elected superior court judge of Butte County, California, in 1879. There is also material related to the education of women on the mining frontier, as reflected in letters by Harriet Strong and her friends written from Miss Atkin's Young Ladies Seminary at Benicia, California. Later material relates to California horticulture, flood control, irrigation, and water conservation during the years that Harriet Strong managed the family's property in Whittier, California. The collection also contains some papers related to George Crockett Strong, Civil War general and brother of Charles Lyman Strong.
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Yuba County, Calif., indentures and contracts
Manuscripts
Assortment of indentures, contracts, and expense reports relating to the development of Yuba County, California. Includes indentures and contracts for land sales, driving a mule train, the operation of toll bridges (including the Bullards Bar Bridge and one on the North Yuba River), public highway right of way, mining claims (including the Connor and Daily mine in the Cherokee Mining District), and an account of provisions provided to the Yuba County Hospital. Other items include a list of tax payers in Yuba Road District No.6, a report of criminal activity in New York Township, a variety of expense reports and claims submitted to Yuba County, a resolution on water rates in Yuba County, a letter regarding building a wall near the Marysville Courthouse, an expense claim for the 1889 Mechanic's Fair Exhibit in San Francisco, a letter regarding the Marysville Tunnel and Quartz Mining Company, and a letter and map regarding redistricting in the Buckeye County School District.
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