Papers of Robert Symington Baker, 1866-1890.

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Papers of Robert Symington Baker, 1866-1890.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122499622

The collection contains letters and documents related to Robert Symington Baker's involvement with petroleum and sheep and wool industries in California (1866-88), mining interests in California and Utah (1877-79), the city of Santa Monica (1877-79), and the Ranchos Jurupa, Santa Monica, San Vicente, and Temescal. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Arturo Bandini, Robert Symington Baker, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Simeon Porter Christy, Charles Henry Forbes, Sanford Lyon, Alfred Robinson, and John Henry Wise. There are also some materials related to the firm of Christy & Wise.

320 pieces.5 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736925

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Baker, Robert Symington,

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Robert Symington Baker came to California in 1849 from his birthplace in Rhode Island. Arriving in San Diego, he went next to San Francisco, then settled in Los Angeles. He was prominently associated with Edward F. Beale in the local petroleum and wool industries and also engaged in mining, banking, and real estate. Baker married Arcadia Bandini de Stearns (widow of Abel Stearns) in 1874 and later built the Baker Block in downtown Los Angeles. He owned Ranchos San Vicente and Santa Monica and, w...

Baker, Robert Symington, 1825-1894.

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Christy, Simeon Porter.

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Christy & Wise (Firm : San Francisco)

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Bandini, Arturo

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Robinson, Alfred, 1806-1895

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Originally from Mass., Robinson went to Calif. in 1829 as the representative of the hide-trading and shipping firm Bryant, Sturgis & Co. From the description of Alfred Robinson logbook and diary : ms, 1829-1840. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122509056 Originally from Mass., Robinson first went to Calif. in 1829 as the representative for the hide-trading and shipping firm Bryant, Sturgis & Co. He married an heiress of Santa Barbara's de la Guerr...

Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893

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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) was a naval officer in California during the Mexican War, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California, organizer of the U.S. Camel Corps, and brigidier-general in the California state militia. Beale was also an explorer for wagon roads and railroads in the U.S. West, owner of Rancho El TejoĢn (Kern County, Calif.) and Decatur House (Washington, D.C.), and served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary. From the description of Collection related t...

Wise, John Henry.

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Forbes, Charles Henry

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Lyon, Sanford.

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