Joseph L. Folsom collection, 1834-1870.

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Joseph L. Folsom collection, 1834-1870.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122499096

Primarily legal papers relating to the estate of William A. Leidesdorff, which Folsom purchased from Leidesdorff's mother, Anna Maria Spark, and to Folsom's suit against Mrs. Spark after she refused to accept the agreement she made to sell the estate to him. Includes mortgages, indentures, and city tax bills documenting Folsom's property ownership; some material relating to his position as assistant quartermaster with the U.S. Army; and papers concerning Folsom's estate, handled by his executors, Henry W. Halleck, Archibald C. Peachy, and P. Warren Van Winkle.

1 box (0.25 linear ft.)

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736884

California historical society

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Folsom, Joseph L. (Joseph Libby), 1817-1855.

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Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848

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William A. Leidesdorff, early California trader and official, was born in the Danish West Indies of a Danish father and mulatto mother. In 1841 he came to California as master of the ship "Julia Ann." He engaged in trade between Hawaii and San Francsico, and afterwards began a general exporting business in San Francisco. Leidesdorff became a Mexican citizen in 1844 and received a grant for Rancho Rio de los Americanos, east of Fort Sutter. The next year he was appointed vice-consul of the United...

Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948

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Chronologies 1884 September 2 Charles Templeton Crocker is born in San Francisco, California. 1888 August 14 Charles Crocker (Templeton Crocker's grandfather and one of the "big four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad) dies. 1898 ...

Spark, Anna Maria.

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