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California Yankee : William R. Staats, business pioneer : manuscript

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    William R. Staats Co's. Map of Pasadena California

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    Mountain Avenue (now Avenue 64) to the west, San Gabriel Ave (Blvd.) to the east, Alhambra Ave to the south, (Loma Alta, unnamed) to the north. William R. Staats Co. advertising in the surround. Street directory. See also 151991 for an earlier version. Note birds-eye view on verso. MS lines and notes.. "1905 Map Copyrighted." Cover title. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Folded into gray board cover. Verso has bird's-eye view of Pasadena and Vicinity..

    442739

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    Seventy years in California : typewritten manuscript

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    A typewritten manuscript, unsigned and untitled; the title is taken from the printed edition: "Seventy years in California" : privately printed in San Francisco by Taylor & Taylor (1923). The manuscript contains penciled marks and dates, though the author of the notations is not clear; the text of the manuscript covers the years 1831 November to 1849 December. The memoir describes Green's early childhood in New York City and his early years in San Francisco, California. He goes into detail about the murder of James King, the emergence of the Committee of Vigilance, Northern California gold mines, fighting fires, and the corrupt politics of the era; notable people mentioned in the manuscript include: David C. Broderick, James P. Casey, James King, and David S. Terry.

    mssHM 84053

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    Correspondence, business records, and manuscripts

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    The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents and maps related to the life and business affairs of Benjamin D. Wilson. Subject matter includes business and social life in California (1850-90), Indian affairs in Southern California (1852-56), the wine industry, the Santa Fe trade, the estate settlement of Solomon Sublette, and the early history of Pasadena, San Marino, and Wilmington, California. There is also a great deal of personal correspondence from Wilson's wife Margaret S. Hereford Hereford Wilson, his daughters Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Ruth Wilson Patton, and Annie Wilson, his son John B. Wilson, Ruth's husband George S. Patton, Sr., and many of Margaret's Hereford relatives. Also included are diaries kept by Margaret, Ruth, and Annie Wilson. Other individuals represented in the collection include Phineas Banning, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Cave Johnson Couts, Stephen Clark Foster, John Charles Fŕemont, John S. Griffin, William McKendree Gwin, Benjamin Hayes, Henry Edwards Huntington, George S. Patton, Jr., and Jonathan Trumbull Warner.

    mssWN 1-2419

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    Correspondence, business records, and manuscripts

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents and maps related to the life and business affairs of Benjamin D. Wilson. Subject matter includes business and social life in California (1850-90), Indian affairs in Southern California (1852-56), the wine industry, the Santa Fe trade, the estate settlement of Solomon Sublette, and the early history of Pasadena, San Marino, and Wilmington, California. There is also a great deal of personal correspondence from Wilson's wife Margaret S. Hereford Hereford Wilson, his daughters Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Ruth Wilson Patton, and Annie Wilson, his son John B. Wilson, Ruth's husband George S. Patton, Sr., and many of Margaret's Hereford relatives. Also included are diaries kept by Margaret, Ruth, and Annie Wilson. Other individuals represented in the collection include Phineas Banning, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Cave Johnson Couts, Stephen Clark Foster, John Charles Fŕemont, John S. Griffin, William McKendree Gwin, Benjamin Hayes, Henry Edwards Huntington, George S. Patton, Jr., and Jonathan Trumbull Warner.

    mssWN 1-2419

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    Correspondence, business records, and manuscripts

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents and maps related to the life and business affairs of Benjamin D. Wilson. Subject matter includes business and social life in California (1850-90), Indian affairs in Southern California (1852-56), the wine industry, the Santa Fe trade, the estate settlement of Solomon Sublette, and the early history of Pasadena, San Marino, and Wilmington, California. There is also a great deal of personal correspondence from Wilson's wife Margaret S. Hereford Hereford Wilson, his daughters Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Ruth Wilson Patton, and Annie Wilson, his son John B. Wilson, Ruth's husband George S. Patton, Sr., and many of Margaret's Hereford relatives. Also included are diaries kept by Margaret, Ruth, and Annie Wilson. Other individuals represented in the collection include Phineas Banning, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Cave Johnson Couts, Stephen Clark Foster, John Charles Fŕemont, John S. Griffin, William McKendree Gwin, Benjamin Hayes, Henry Edwards Huntington, George S. Patton, Jr., and Jonathan Trumbull Warner.

    mssWN 1-2419