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"Stewart. 1882-1890."
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"Stewart. 1882-1890."
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Typescript memoir of Surrey childhood and friends.
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1882-1890
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mssHEH
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1882 January 3-1890 November 30
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The collection contains letters and documents related to Robert Symington Baker's involvement with petroleum and sheep and wool industries in California (1866-1888), mining interests in California and Utah (1877-1879), the city of Santa Monica (1877-1879), and the Ranchos Jurupa, Santa Monica, San Vicente, and Temescal. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Arturo Bandini, Robert Symington Baker, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Simeon Porter Christy, Charles Henry Forbes, Sanford Lyon, Alfred Robinson, John Henry Wise, and Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker. There are also some materials related to the firm of Christy & Wise and to the Baker Block, which was built upon the site of El Palacio, Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker's home with Able Stearns
mssBK
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Thaxter, Celia (Laighton) (1882-1890) - Trowbridge
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Obituary notices of Stewart McDowall, Esdaile's brother (3 clippings)
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mssEsdaile.OLD