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Theodore D. Judah about 24 years old
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Theodore D. Judah about 15 years old
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Theodore D. Judah (1826-1863) was an engineer who played a crucial role in building the first transcontinental railroad. Handwriting in ink on inside cover: "Theodore D. Judah, 1841."
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Theodore D. Judah wearing a suit with dark velvet collar and cravat
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Handwriting in case under image reads: "Anna. August 22, 1848." Theodore D. Judah (1826-1863) married Anna Ferona Pierce in 1847.
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Theodore D. Judah papers
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Documents, from 1859 to 1877, and notebook, from 1854 and 1862, belonging to Theodore D. Judah, concerning the financing and construction of the California Eastern Extension Railroad. Also included is a pencil map by Judah plotting the route of the railroad, and a printed volume of First Annual of the Territorial Pioneers of California, 1877, with clippings and calling cards pasted inside. The notebook contains costs of iron and locomotives, an expense account, sketch maps and elevations, notes and observations on trips across the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1862. It also includes distances, elevations, and temperatures measured on an 1854 trip across the Sierras taken with Collis P. Huntington and others.
mssHM 55637-55655
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Mary E. (Jenkins) Rowley at 35 years old, wearing brooch
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Handwriting on inside cover reads: "Mary E. Rowley at 35. March 17, 1859." Mother of Mrs. H. H. Sinclair and the wife of Levi Rowley. Information from donor.
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