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Adams Express Company. Adams & Co. records, 1852-1854.

Title: Adams & Co. records, 1852-1854.

Banking and express records acquired from various sources (noted on folders),

ArchivalResource: 2 portfolios.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743388603 View

Adams & Co. (Firm : San Francisco). Records of Adams & Co., post-1851-ca. 1885 (bulk 1855-1863).

Title: Records of Adams & Co., post-1851-ca. 1885 (bulk 1855-1863).

The collection includes letters and documents (including 8 scrapbooks and 2 volumes of transcripts) chiefly related to the years following the failure of Adams & Co., especially as they affected Alfred A. Cohen, who was appointed first receiver of the company. Other subjects covered in the collection include Cohen's business and legal associations (1864-84) with the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the 1876 trial, Central Pacific Railroad Co. vs. Alfred A. Cohen. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Alfred A. Cohen, Frederick Cohen, Augustus G. Richardson, H. A. Whiting, and Isaiah Churchill Woods. There is also an affidavit by James King of William and some materials related to the firm of Hoge & Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 750 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383056 View

Mokelumne Hill Canal and Mining Company. Mokelumne Hill Canal and Mining Company stock certificates, 1851.

Title: Mokelumne Hill Canal and Mining Company stock certificates, 1851.

Consists of Mokelumne Hill Canal and Mining Company stock certificates; narrative description of company and of Isaiah Churchill Woods by Albert Shumate.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34940866 View

Richardson, Augustus G. Papers of Augustus G. Richardson, 1860-1866.

Title: Papers of Augustus G. Richardson, 1860-1866.

The collection consists of letters and one document related to the business affairs of the California Stage Company (with references to James E. Birch, James Haworth, Isaiah C. Woods, and others), the Butterfield Overland Mail, the Pony Express, state and national politics (including secession), and local news. The letters are written by Augustus G. Richardson, and although most of them are addressed to Frank Shaw Stevens, there are also letters to Alfred A. Cohen, Frederick A. Cohen, James Haworth, and Julia A. Birch Stevens.

ArchivalResource: 67 pieces.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122584693 View