Manuscripts

William A. Leidesdorff papers

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Description: The collection consists of letters, mostly received by Leidesdorff in the 1840s, concerning coastal trade and life in the mercantile business in San Francisco. There are also materials related to the Bear Flag revolt (1846) and the American occupation and establishment of American government in California
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1840-1867.
Call number: mssLE 1-503
Creator: Leidesdorff, William A (1810-1848)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Holmes Book Co., February 1922.
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Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Robert Middlekauff

Manuscripts

Enclosed: Forting at Sonoma – the Untold Story of the Women and Children of the Bear Flag Revolt, 1846-1847 and newspaper clippings

mssWarner

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William J. Canby papers

Manuscripts

Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents relating to William J. Canby's speech in the Pennsylvania Historical Society, including a copy of the presentation and sworn affidavits from Margaret Boggs, Rachel Fletcher, Sophia B. Hildebrandt; Susan Satterthwaite Newport, Susanna McCord Turner and Margared McCord Smith; William J. Canby's "My own recollections of Grandmother Elizabeth Claypoole," and the pencil notes to his mother and aunts. George Canby and his research are represented by his correspondence with his brother, John Quincy Adams, secretary of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association, London firm B.F. Stevens and Brown, and other persons. There are also a manuscript of his "Evolution of the American Flag" and correspondence of Lloyd Balderston, John L. Balderston, and Marion Balderston regarding the Betsy Ross story and the debates over its authenticity.The collection also includes genealogical and historical data relating to Ross, Canby, and Claypoole families, including the daybook of Isaiah Canby covering 1797-1802.The ephemera include pamphlets, newspaper clippings, postcards and photographs.

mssHM 41760 (1-39)

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William Bollaert papers

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Bollaert's papers consist of seven detailed travel journals or notebooks for his South American expeditions, a report to the Arequipa Mining Company in 1826, a few coastal charts of the southern-most parts of South America, and a few coastal profile sketches of Cape Horn, Flores Island, Bold Point, and the lighthouse at Montevideo. The journals include detailed observations about mines and mineral resources, the trade in nitrate, coal, salt, and other chemicals, people and places encountered, archaeological sites, local history, indigenous cultures, notes on his reading in Spanish literature, and speculations on the possibility of building a railroad from Valparaiso to Buenos Aires.

mssHM 71368-71379

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William Gillet Ritch Papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, documents, maps, and scrapbooks in both English and Spanish related to the history of early and territorial New Mexico collected by William G. Ritch. The very early portion of the collection (1539-1700) contains original manuscripts, contemporary copies, and later translations of official documents and journals of explorers, correspondence, papers of various governors, court records, church inventories, and passport lists of American traders. The papers for the years 1846-1873 cover the American military occupation, New Mexico politics and government, New Mexico during the US Civil War, and Indian affairs relating to the Navajo, Apache, Comanche, and Pecos tribes. Items after 1873 tend to be the personal papers of William G. Ritch, including biographical sketches of significant New Mexicans, drafts of articles, and notebooks of research materials (including the biography of Father Antonio Jose Martinez by Santiago Valdez). Correspondents include Manuel Armijo, William Frederick Milton Arny, James Henry Carleton, Miguel Antonio Otero, Donaciano Vigil, and others.

mssRI

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Canby, William J. Letters to George Canby

Manuscripts

History of the American flag

mssHM 41760 (1-39)

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William R. Prince papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters and documents related to William Robert Prince and his horticulture and mercantile business in Sacramento, CA. Along with news and descriptions of the city of Sacramento, there are also materials regarding the mining interests of Prince and his associates near Marysville, CA

mssHM 2301-2364

William A. Leidesdorff papers

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