Faxon Dean Atherton papers, 1852-1934 (bulk 1852-1881).

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Faxon Dean Atherton papers, 1852-1934 (bulk 1852-1881).

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Contains correspondence from Atherton's business associates including partner George H. Bowen, his San Francisco agent Alexander B. Grogan, Samuel D. Crane and Thomas O. Larkin, among others. The letters describe business and trade prospects in San Francisco, Califorina, Valparaíso, Chile and Europe for flour, oil, lumber, mining, speculation and real estate, and dealings with Charles Loring in Boston, Castro at Rancho San Lorenzo, and Alsop & Co., among others. The letters also describe farming and ranching in California, fires in Sacramento, San Francisco and Marysville, streets and sidewalks in San Francisco, and life in Chile. Also includes bills of lading, financial, real estate and legal documents.

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Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867

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Loring was a prominent Boston lawyer and a Massachusetts State Senator in 1862. He married Anna Pierce Brace (d.1836) in 1818 and was a Harvard College fellow from 1838-1857. From the guide to the Papers, 1768-1866., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Crane, Samuel

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Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858

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Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) was a merchant who settled in Monterey, California, who later became U.S. consul (1844-48) and served as a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. From the description of Letter from Thomas Oliver Larkin to Job Francis Dye and party, 1845 Aug. 10. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499643 Thomas O. Larkin, early California pioneer, arrived in California in 1832. Became succe...

Atherton, Faxon Dean, 1815-1877

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Faxon Dean Atherton was a merchant in Valparaiso, Chile, and California, and an early California real estate investor. From the description of Faxon Dean Atherton family papers, 1852-1910. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 743224660 Biography A native of Dedham, Massachusetts, Atherton first came to the Pacific coast around 1834 to work for a ship chandlery firm in Valparaiso, Chile. He settled in Valpa...

Bowen, George Henry.

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Friend and business partner of Calif. businessman and real estate investor, Faxon Dean Atherton. From the description of George H. Bowen letters : Valparaiso, Chile, to Faxon Dean Atherton : ALS, 1874 Sept. 15-Dec. 1. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122441277 ...

Alsop & Company, San Francisco.

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Grogan, Alexander.

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