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William Broderick letter to The Singer Manufacturing Company, San Francisco, California
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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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The petition came about because there were accusations that William P.C. Stebbins refused employment to members of the mechanics and laborers trade organizations while building the U.S. Mint building in San Francisco.
mssHM 84291
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This collection primary consists of business correspondence addressed to Henry M. Yerington. Such subjects include mines and mineral resources in Nevada and Cerro Gordo, California; pumping machinery, and water rights in Inyo County, California. Of particular interest is a payroll sheet for Chinese laborers (HM 66180), and James A. Yerington's travel guide from 1888 (HM 66181).
HM 66162
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Letter in reply to G. Lambert stating that the check is enclosed as requested for $1250.00, the first quarter payment for the subscription to Guadalajara concession of the Mexican International Investment Company. Letter is on William Pinkerton's private letterhead with the address of his Chicago office.
mssHM 35185
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Letter stating that William Pinkerton is in receipt of the prospectus of the Guadalajara concession of the Mexican International Investment Company and that he would purchase 50 shares of the company for a total of five thousand dollars. Lambert is to notify him at his Chicago business address when he is ready for the first payment. Pinkerton expresses that he wanted to buy more stock, but it had been a "dull year." Letter is on Pinkerton National Detective Agency letterhead.
mssHM 35184
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A brief account book kept by an unidentified San Francisco company that subcontracted for several mining companies in California in the 1860s. The ledger shows segregated payment entries between laborers of different races, represented here by white, Black, and Chinese workers. It also shows entries for printed works done by the noted printer Edward Bosqui. The volume has one tally sheet tipped in and one promise to pay agreement glued in.
mssHM 84012
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The bound typewritten copy of the thesis covers the history of labor in California from before statehood to the 1880s. Cross discusses in detail the following subjects: Indian labor and the Spanish missions; the increase of population during the Gold Rush; the eventual growth of business and the labor movement in California; labor unions including the National Labor Union, the Workingmen's Party of California, and the Workingmen's Party of the United States; labor leaders such as Dennis Kearney and San Francisco Mayor I. S. Kalloch; riots, demonstrations and strikes related to labor disputes; and the issue of Chinese labor. The copy has handwritten edits by the author as well as notes glued onto the pages.
mssHM 66769