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Kern County Land Company ledgers

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HM 80953 (a): Balance Sheet ledger, 1897-1899; HM 80953 (b): The Californian vol. XXX no. 22, 1895. 4 copies; HM 80953 (c): General Trial Balance, No. 2, Kern Co. Land Co. and Kern Co. Canal & Water Co., 1900-1902; HM 80953 (d): J.B. Haggin, K.I. Water Rate Ledger. Water supplied various persons through different canals by J.B.H. Stock, 1890; HM 80953 (e): Kern River Mills Cash, 1881-1882; HM 80953 (f): Kern River Mills Journal, 1881-1882; HM 80953 (g): Ledger, 1857-1878; HM 80953 (h): Pump Station Accounts, 1900-1902; HM 80953 (i): Quarterly Inventory of Farming Implements, Machinery, Office, House & Camp Eq.'p.'g, Livestock, Lumber, etc., Belonging to the Kern County Land Co., 1895-1897; and HM 80953 (j): Water Co. Cash Book, 1894. In addition to these ledgers, there were some miscellaneous items that accompanied the volumes and are housed in one box; they include: California. Supreme Court. Eila, Countess Festetics de Tolna, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. Rodolph, Count Festetics de Tolna, Defendant and Appellant, Transcript on Appeal (1901), two copies of The Cost of Making a Settler's Home, In the Famous Kern Delta [1894], two copies of Settler's Experience in Kern County California (1894), a printed map of Peru (1912), Location, Resources, Attractions and Development of The Kern Delta ... Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893), prospectuses for Kern Valley, California and Moraga Rancho. Lastly, there are approximately 45 Luz Electrica de Jalapa stock certificates (in Spanish) (1893).
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Production date
1875-1902.
Call number
mssHM 80953
Creator
Kern County Land Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift from Kay Atwood, 2004 and 2008.
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