Jewett William Adams Papers, 1883-1912

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Jewett William Adams Papers, 1883-1912

Letters, financial records, property tax records, and clippings relating mainly to his career as president of the Nevada Lava Stone Company, treasurer of the Nevada Gypsum Company, and to his livestock business, especially his partnership with W.N. McGill.

Number of containers: 5 boxes

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Comins, Henry A, 1836-1917

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McGill, William N., 1853-1923.

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Boyle, Emmet Derby 1879-1926

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Emmet Boyle was the first Nevada-born Governor, born in Gold Hill on July 26, 1879. Before his election as governor, Boyle served as State Engineer and a member of the Tax Commission. During his two terms as governor many progressive programs were initiated for the benefit of children, women and workers. Governor Boyle died in Reno on January 3, 1926. From the description of Executive Records 1915-1922, 1917-1919 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84084485 Governor of Nevada (19...

Bryan, Mary Baird, 1861-1930

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Biographer of William Jennings Bryan. From the description of Letter, 1925 Aug. 31, Coconut Grove, Fla., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184903130 Wife of William Jennings Bryan. From the description of Letter: Lincoln, Nebraska, to Henry Allen Bell, Springfield, Ill[inois], 1898 Jan. 22. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27819279 From the description of Letter to Edith P. Doolittle Jones, 1919 J...

Adams, Jewett William

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Biography Jewett William Adams was born in Vermont in 1835. He emigrated to California in the early 1850s and moved to Nevada in the 1860s. After serving as lieutenant governor of the state for eight years, he was elected governor in 1882. When his term ended in 1886, he served for several years as super-intendant of the mint at Carson City and then devoted the rest of his career to his livestock and other business. He was president and a dir...

Nevada Gypsum Company.

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Service, James A

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Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894

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Fair was living in Chicago, Ill. when the news of the Calif. gold discovery reached that city. He immediately made plans to terminate his affairs and leave for Calif. His knowledge of placer and quartz mining made him a well-to-do mine and mill owner. In association with Flood, Mackay, and O'Brien, he became a developer of the silver deposits known as the Comstock Lode. Fair served in the U.S. Senate from 1881 to 1887. From the description of James Fair letters and miscellany : ALS a...

Nevada-California Power Company.

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Cassidy, George Williams, 1836-1892

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Hilp, Sol

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Adams, Emma (Lee) Mrs. Jewett W. Adams

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Harwood, L. M.

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Payne, Ben

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