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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
John Kirk Townsend letter to Richard Barnes Mason
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Bidwell advises Townsend on how to acquire land once he becomes a citizen. Also includes hand-drawn map of area near Sacramento, CA, bordered by the American, Cosmunes, and Sacramento Rivers, and includes Nueva Helvecia and Rufus, Sheldon, and Leidesdorff Ranchos.
mssHM 31549
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This manuscript lists San Francisco property owned by Dr. John Townsend, and the value of each, including lots and buildings.
mssHM 35206
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This manuscript is a receipt for one lot of medicine valued at forty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents, and cash in the sum of thirty-eight dollars and sixty-six cents, received from Captain John Paty on account of duties payable to the custom house at Monterey for the cargo of the vessel Don Quixote.
mssHM 35203
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In this letter to Dr. Townsend, F. Poyard discusses various business details, and provides a list of goods recently sent.
mssHM 35201
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In this letter addressed to "Sister Elizabeth", D. Townsend writes of his life in Sonora. There have been so many shootings as of late that the townspeople have taken the law into their own hands and lynched several of those responsible, often without trials. Townsend has recently done very well as part of a gold mining company. He writes that many miners go home to fetch their families and relocate to California permanently. Signed "your well wishing Brother." Includes lithograph titled "A View of the Elephant," depicting the various experiences of a typical California miner.
mssHM 16902
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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