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Read, Georgia Willis. Papers of Georgia Willis Read, 1849-1951 (bulk 1932-1951)

Title: Papers of Georgia Willis Read, 1849-1951 (bulk 1932-1951)

The research material includes the material that Read and Gaines collected for their publication of the Bruff journal. The majority of it is arranged alphabetically by topic. This series is made up mostly of research notes by Read and Gaines. The research material also includes copies of the book's acknowledgement, bibliography, introduction, and index as well as Read and Gaines' correspondence with Columbia University Press. There are a few folders of material organized by type: miscellaneous notes (4 folders) and research notebooks (7 items, one of which is in oversize). Correspondence by Read and Gaines are mostly their retained, unsigned, copies. The correspondence is chiefly letters written between them and research libraries or other scholars to obtain information for or to obtain permission to publish material in their book. Notable participants are: Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frederick Coykendall, Edward Eberstadt, Francis Farquhar, Max Farrand, Frederick Webb Hodge, C. Hart Merriam, Herbert Priestley, the Bancroft Library, California Historical Society, California State Library, Henry E. Huntington Library, Library of Congress, United States National Archives, the Newberry Library, Smithsonian Institution, Southwest Museum and Yale University Library. The ephemera contains scholarly publications, clippings, maps, index cards, an oversize sheet with copies of several of Bruff's sketches, and several photostats. The photostats include 19th century newspapers (including two Native American publications: Cherokee advocate and Vinita leader), maps (including all four parts of the "Map of the Emigrant Road from Independence, Mo. To S. Francisco" by T. H. Jefferson), and Bruff's journal. Many of the photostats are rolled. Subjects covered by the collection are: Hubert Howe Bancroft, Joseph Goldsborough Bruff, Bruff's journey, camp, sketches and journal, Edwin Bryant, Alonzo Delano, John Charles Frémont, Peter Lassen, John Muir, Fort Hall (Idaho), frontier and pioneer life in early California, Indians in North America, overland journeys to the Pacific, the California Trail, the Lassen cutoff and National Park, and California history including the Gold Rush.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 4,000 items.15 boxes and three oversize folders.

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Millington, Charles. Millington vs. Brown, Barrett & Gordon. Petition and warrant, 1847 Mar 17.

Title: Millington vs. Brown, Barrett & Gordon. Petition and warrant, 1847 Mar 17.

Complaint of Charles Millington, master of the ship Xylon, to Edwin Bryant, Alcalde of San Francisco, against three seamen who refused duty, together with Bryant's warrant to Sheriff E. Ward Pell for their arrest.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.; 26 cm.

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Monterey Public Library. California History Room. California history, 1846-1849 clippings 1846-2004.

Title: California history, 1846-1849 clippings 1846-2004.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

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Edwin Bryant summons, 1847

Title: Edwin Bryant summons 1847

ArchivalResource: 1 item; (2 p.)

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Bryant, Edwin, 1805-1869. Summons, 1847.

Title: Summons, 1847.

Printed writ signed by Bryant as chief magistrate of San Francisco summoning E. Ward Pell, a local sheriff, to appear in court on 22 March, 1847.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 pages).

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Bryant, Edwin, 1805-1869. Edwin Bryant letter and writ : ALS and DS, 1846-1847.

Title: Edwin Bryant letter and writ : ALS and DS, 1846-1847.

Letter (1 p.) from Bryant, dated Apr. 11, 1846, written from Louisville, [Kentucky], discussing his Calif. stock investments; and a writ (Mar. 8, 1847) issued by him as Chief Magistrate of San Francisco District, ordering the sheriff of San Francisco to levy a sum of money due Thomas Smith from Charles Heath. On the reverse of the letter are biographical notes on Bryant, written in an unidentified hand.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (0.1 linear ft.)

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Bryant, Edwin, 1805-1869. Grant deed : San Francisco, Calif., from Edwin Bryant to Henry Smith : ADS, 1847 Mar. 4.

Title: Grant deed : San Francisco, Calif., from Edwin Bryant to Henry Smith : ADS, 1847 Mar. 4.

Contains a grant deed to a lot in San Francisco by Edwin Bryant, chief magistrate of San Francisco to Henry Smith.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50104328 View

Bryant, Edwin, 1805-1869. Autograph letter signed : Louisville, to General Combs, 1848 Dec. 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Louisville, to General Combs, 1848 Dec. 3.

Concerning his own writings, the travels of Mr. Frazer, and the political situation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270523248 View

Bryant, Edwin Letters, May 14, 1847

Title: Bryant, Edwin Letters May 14, 1847

This folder contains a brief typed letter dated May 14, 1847 to Edwin Bryant from Peter Cadel asking the former for the grant of a title to Lot No. 413 in San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 folder; (1 page typed)

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