Benjamin Sheman Brooks papers, 1850-1881.

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Benjamin Sheman Brooks papers, 1850-1881.

1850-1881

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Relate to Yerba Buena Island. Included are letters from J. M. Edmunds and Joseph S. Wilson of the U. S. General Land Office, lobbyists David S. Turner, S. M. Johnson and Samuel Ward, Senator C. Cole, W. M. Evarts, Egbert P. Judson and others; deeds, leases, agreements and maps; abstractsof title; briefs and other legal documents and clippings. Re conflicting claims among the federal government, railroads and private individuals, for ownership of the island.

2 boxes (.8 linear ft.).

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Johnson, Simeon M., 1816?-1872.

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