Henry D. Cogswell time capsule collection 1847-1879, 1979 (bulk 1855-1879)

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Henry D. Cogswell time capsule collection 1847-1879, 1979 (bulk 1855-1879)

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Consists of material removed from the time capsule placed under the Benjamin Franklin statue in Washington Square, San Francisco, California, in 1879, to be opened in 1979. Contains personal business papers of Henry Daniel Cogswell, including indentures and other papers concerning the proposed Cogswell Dental College, inventory of his property, copies of his will, papers concerning his proposition to erect a drinking fountain and establish the Women's Pioneer Hotel, and other miscellaneous material; also includes printed publications, consisting primarily of San Francisco Bay Area (with some New York) newspapers and periodicals, along with almanacs, merchandise catalogs, business cards, advertisements, directories, pamphlets, Christian publications, railroad timetables, business reports, ephemera, and books. Contributors include Sarah B. Cooper, John S. Hittell, Thomas Harmonson Holt, and Charles Otto.

4 boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize box; (5.0 linear feet)

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California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6659218

California historical society

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Cooper, Sarah B.

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Holt, Thomas Harmonson

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Cogswell, Henry D. (Henry Daniel), 1820-1900.

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Cogswell was a San Francisco dentist and philanthropist. From the description of Henry D. Cogswell time capsule collection, 1847-1975 (bulk 1855-1879). (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122394780 Dentist, businessman, temperance advocate, philanthropist; born in Tollandville, Connecticut; arrived in San Francisco in 1849, founded Cogswell Polytechnical College in San Francisco in 1877; presented numerous drinking fountains and monuments to various cities a...

Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer), 1825-1901

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx27k2 (person)

J.S. Hittell was born December 25, 1825 in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa. His family moved to Hamilton, a town in Southwestern Ohio, in 1832. Hittell graduated from "Miami University" in 1843, and returned to Hamilton to practice law with the office of John Woods. In the spring of 1849, Hittell was in Ottawa, Illinois. On May 1, 1849 he left the bank of the Missouri River with a company of adventurers en route to California. They arrived at the Sacramento River on Sept. 19th. Hittell spent the w...

Otto, Charles

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