Manuscripts

Business correspondence and papers, court records

Description: The box contains business correspondence (1855-1943), and business papers (1845-1935) pertaining to William W. Chipman, Caroline E. Chipman, William F. Chipman, Fanny J. Chipman, and John W. Dwinelle; also court records related to Encinal San Antonio.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1845-1943
Call number: mssChipman
Provenance: Purchased from Grahame H. Hardy, December 1949.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Chipman-Dwinelle papers

Manuscripts

A collection of approximately 435 items covering the years 1845 to 1943, which consists of letters, documents, and maps. The material is related to the defense of titles in the Encinal San Antonio-Alameda City land transactions; the law practice of John Dwinelle; the lawsuits regarding the will of Josephine A. Phelps; the papers of Fanny J. Chipman, daughter of William Worthington Chipman; and a few mining papers from the years 1862 to 1867. There are also materials in the collection by William F. Chipman, son of William W. Chipman and nephew of Josephine A. Phelps.

mssChipman

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Volumes and legal papers

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Volumes - Abstracts of title, Alameda, California

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Business correspondence and of Cave J. Couts b

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the personal, family and business papers of Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) and his son, Cave Johnson Couts, Jr. (1856-1943). There is personal and business correspondence, army papers of Cave J. Couts (1837-1855), accounts, land papers, legal papers, survey correspondence and field notes of Cave J. Couts, Jr., family papers, photographs, ephemera, and 250 maps.

mssCT

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Correspondence and business papers

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Includes personal and business correspondence, business papers, account books and records, and printed material.

mssChapman

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Correspondence and business records

Manuscripts

This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and maps; the majority of which deal with the purchase of Boschke's Island (or Smith's Island) by the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company from Albert and Martha Ellen Boschke. There were subsequent legal complications regardnig this purchase with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Banning Company, primarily Joseph Brent Banning and William Banning (1858-1946).

mssKC

Business correspondence and papers, court records

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