Manuscripts
Document regarding the estate of W.A. Leidesdorff
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William A. Leidesdorff papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, mostly received by Leidesdorff in the 1840s, concerning coastal trade and life in the mercantile business in San Francisco. There are also materials related to the Bear Flag revolt (1846) and the American occupation and establishment of American government in California
mssLE 1-503
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Receipt concerning merchandise
Manuscripts
This manuscript is a receipt for clothing and supplies purchased by Edwin Bryant from William A. Leidesdorff, intended for Indians. Colonel Frémont's account is to be charged.
mssHM 544
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John Paty letter to Henry Frederick Teschemacher and Jean Jacques Vioget
Manuscripts
This manuscript is Captain Paty's decision regarding the award in a dispute between Captain Stephen Smith and Captain Joseph Libbey Folsom. The dispute was over money due Smith from accounts of tobacco and pitch from the estate of the late William Leidesdorff.
mssHM 19066
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Documents regarding Alice Parsons Millard's Will and Estate (1938-1959). 3 items
Manuscripts
The collection contains 208 semi-cataloged items housed in two boxes (with one oversize volume). The majority of the collection deals with Alice Parsons Millard's estate and assets at the time of her death. There are documents and five volumes of inventories of the house and "museum," as well as 52 inventory note cards. These inventories list items (including furniture, books, etc.) owned by the Millards and often include the price they paid for it and/or the price for which they sold it. There is also a twelve-page, typed memoir of Alice Parsons Millard by Lucille V. Miller (1984). The correspondence includes 31 pieces, sixteen of which were written by Alice Parsons Millard. Many of the letters and postcards were written while Alice was abroad. One of her letters is to her client, collector Estelle Doheny. A number of her letters were to the Vanderhoef family, particularly Francis Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr. and his mother, Cornelia Young Vanderhoef. Ten letters by Alice Parsons Millard's secretary, Gertrude E. Treat, revolve around Alice's failing health, death, and the distribution of her estate. The photographs consist of 57 black and white photographs (and two negatives) of the following: the Millard's Highland Park house, the exterior and interior of "La Miniatura," the house's exhibits, the South Pasadena House, and three gates Alice contemplated purchasing while in London. There are also several personal photographs of Alice Parsons Millard, George Millard and various family members. There are five pieces of ephemera including Alice Parsons Millard's passport (1926) and copies of three of her obituaries (1938).
mssMillard papers
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Documents regarding Alice Parsons Millard's Estate and Trust (1940-1988). 9 items
Manuscripts
The collection contains 208 semi-cataloged items housed in two boxes (with one oversize volume). The majority of the collection deals with Alice Parsons Millard's estate and assets at the time of her death. There are documents and five volumes of inventories of the house and "museum," as well as 52 inventory note cards. These inventories list items (including furniture, books, etc.) owned by the Millards and often include the price they paid for it and/or the price for which they sold it. There is also a twelve-page, typed memoir of Alice Parsons Millard by Lucille V. Miller (1984). The correspondence includes 31 pieces, sixteen of which were written by Alice Parsons Millard. Many of the letters and postcards were written while Alice was abroad. One of her letters is to her client, collector Estelle Doheny. A number of her letters were to the Vanderhoef family, particularly Francis Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr. and his mother, Cornelia Young Vanderhoef. Ten letters by Alice Parsons Millard's secretary, Gertrude E. Treat, revolve around Alice's failing health, death, and the distribution of her estate. The photographs consist of 57 black and white photographs (and two negatives) of the following: the Millard's Highland Park house, the exterior and interior of "La Miniatura," the house's exhibits, the South Pasadena House, and three gates Alice contemplated purchasing while in London. There are also several personal photographs of Alice Parsons Millard, George Millard and various family members. There are five pieces of ephemera including Alice Parsons Millard's passport (1926) and copies of three of her obituaries (1938).
mssMillard papers
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Documents regarding slave Mary
Manuscripts
Certificate of No Incumberance [sic] written and signed by Benjamin Jones, Clerk of the Probate Court, Hancock County, Mississippi. He states that there is no "Record in my Office, any judgment, mortgage, or lien against the Negro girl Mary, the property of Nicholas Carron" (1851, Dec. 9). The document is a copy. HM 79205.
mssHM 79205-79206