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Map of Smith's Island (3)


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    Map of Smith's Island (1)

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and maps; the majority of which deal with the purchase of Boschke's Island (or Smith's Island) by the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company from Albert and Martha Ellen Boschke. There were subsequent legal complications regardnig this purchase with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Banning Company, primarily Joseph Brent Banning and William Banning (1858-1946).

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    Map of Smith's Island (2)

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and maps; the majority of which deal with the purchase of Boschke's Island (or Smith's Island) by the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company from Albert and Martha Ellen Boschke. There were subsequent legal complications regardnig this purchase with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Banning Company, primarily Joseph Brent Banning and William Banning (1858-1946).

    mssKC

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    Copy of Map in U.S. Land Office San Francisco Cal., shows parts of Rancho Palos Verdes, Rancho San Pedro, Dean Man's island, Smith's Island, and Mormon Island

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and maps; the majority of which deal with the purchase of Boschke's Island (or Smith's Island) by the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company from Albert and Martha Ellen Boschke. There were subsequent legal complications regardnig this purchase with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Banning Company, primarily Joseph Brent Banning and William Banning (1858-1946).

    mssKC

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    Channel in Front of Smith's Island Wilmington Harbor, Cal. 1893

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and maps; the majority of which deal with the purchase of Boschke's Island (or Smith's Island) by the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company from Albert and Martha Ellen Boschke. There were subsequent legal complications regardnig this purchase with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Banning Company, primarily Joseph Brent Banning and William Banning (1858-1946).

    mssKC

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    Maps, cadastral maps, engineering maps, and manuscript maps

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and maps; the majority of which deal with the purchase of Boschke's Island (or Smith's Island) by the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company from Albert and Martha Ellen Boschke. There were subsequent legal complications regardnig this purchase with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Banning Company, primarily Joseph Brent Banning and William Banning (1858-1946).

    mssKC

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    Drawing to illustrate a correction in the deed for Smith's Island, with attached letter from Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company to the Banning Company

    Manuscripts

    This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and maps; the majority of which deal with the purchase of Boschke's Island (or Smith's Island) by the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company from Albert and Martha Ellen Boschke. There were subsequent legal complications regardnig this purchase with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Banning Company, primarily Joseph Brent Banning and William Banning (1858-1946).

    mssKC