Elisha Oscar Crosby Papers, 1849 - 1895

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Elisha Oscar Crosby Papers, 1849 - 1895

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The Elisha Oscar Crosby Papers consist mainly of autobiographical essays, documents, and correspondence regarding an early (1849-1895) California pioneer, lawyer, politician, diplomat, and civil servant. Subjects include Crosby's reminiscences of his official life in early California including his participation as a delegate at the constitutional convention that created the state; his duties as an election official for the Sacramento district; his services as a state senator from 1848 until 1852; his term as the United States resident minister to Guatemala; and his legal work regarding the land claims of Spanish-speaking Californios. Biographical materials include correspondence, personal family and financial papers, photographic portraits, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials.

1.00 linear feet; (1 archive box)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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Crosby, Elisha Oscar, 1818-1895

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E. O. Crosby was a California pioneer of 1849 and one of the framers of the California state constitution. From the description of Reminiscences of E. O. Crosby : one of the delegates to the first constitutional convention of California, and state senator and chairman of the senate judiciary committee during both the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, 1849-50. 1875-1895. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31057933 From the descri...