United States, Custom House, San Francisco Records, 1847-1912

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United States, Custom House, San Francisco Records, 1847-1912

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Correspondence, accounts, powers of attorney for sale of ships and cargoes, bills of sale, certificates (including permit to Louis Le Chard to land a wooden house, 1850, on printed form by California Courier Press) reports and miscellaneous papers.

Number of containers: 1 box and 1 carton

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Bancroft Library

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United States Custom House (San Francisco, Calif.)

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In 1846 American troops signalled the occupation of San Francisco by raising an American flag above the former Mexican customhouse. The port, then known as Yuerba Beuna, fell into American control. The military retained jurisdiction over tariff collection and other civic affairs until California's interim government was established in 1849. The administration of dues and the regulation of maritime traffic for the port was eventually transferred to the United States Customs Service, ...