Leland and Jane L. Stanford documents, 1880-1905.

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Leland and Jane L. Stanford documents, 1880-1905.

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Collection consists of a printed portrait of Leland Stanford; two Central Pacific Railroad deeds signed by Stanford, 1880 and 1886, and one CPR deed signed by Charles Crocker, 1884; and an article on the death of Jane Stanford from the San Francisco Chronicle, March2 5, 1905.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7566448

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Reynard, Michael

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Michael Reynard received his M.D. from Columbia University in 1978. From the description of Letters and documents, 1769-1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309745297 In 1961, Paul Farber, a UPI photographer, married Waverly Scott, Elaine Steinbeck's daughter from a previous marriage. Through the years he made numerous photographs of John Steinbeck. From the description of Michael Reynard interview of Paul Farber about John Ste...

Central Pacific Railroad Company

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Signed by Leland Stanford, President of the C.P.R.R. Co. and E.H. Miller, Jr., Secretary of the C.P.R.R. Co. From the description of Land sale document to Samuel Manning, 1870 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864271 California Central Railroad Company (CPRR); inc. 21 Apr. 1857; located at Folsom, Sacramento County; sold to Central Pacific Railroad, Nov. 10, 1864; in 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Company (reorganized 1899 as Ce...

Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905

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Jane Eliza Lathrop was born August 25, 1828, the daughter of Dyer Lathrop of Albany, New York. In 1850 she married Leland Stanford, returning with him to California in 1855 where they settled in Sacramento. Leland Stanford later became President of the Southern Pacific Railroad and Governor of California. Their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr., was born in 1868. During a European tour in 1884 he contracted typhoid fever and died in Florence, Italy. In 1885, Jane and Leland Stanford founded the L...

Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888

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One of "Big Four" who built Central Pacific Railroad. Crocker actually supervised construction of tracks. Later invested in large landholdings and developed Del Monte Hotel (1880). From the description of Charles Crocker deed, 1868. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34919034 Charles Crocker was a prominent store-owner in Sacramento when, in 1860, he joined Collis Huntington, Huntington's business partner Mark Hopkins, then-Governor Leland Stanford, and other s...

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...