Manuscripts
Reports of receipts and expenditures; Toll House Travel Sheets; Time Sheets; Land papers; Legal papers; Mining papers
- Description
- A collection of approximately 12,500 items from 1856 to 1930, it consists of letters, documents, account books, diaries, and letter books related to the business and personal lives of William S. Lowden and Henry L. Lowden. The collection contains family correspondence and records; business records of the three companies with which the Lowdens were involved: the Weaverville and Minersville Wagon Road Company, the Weaverville and Shasta Wagon Road Company, and the Lewiston Turnpike Company. Also included are miscellaneous land and legal papers as well as various mining and surveyors' reports, unsorted bills, receipts, and material related to the wagon road operations.
- Date
- 1860-1912
- Call number
- mssLowden
- Provenance
- Purchased from Leo J. McGlynn, November 1951.
