Papers of Charles Wolter, 1792-1970 (bulk 1833-1881).

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Papers of Charles Wolter, 1792-1970 (bulk 1833-1881).

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The collection consists of letters (including 5 letter books), documents (including 2 account books), 11 scrapbooks, and photographs related to the life of Charles Wolter and the greater Wolter family. There are materials related to Wolter's land and business matters in early Monterey, Rancho Los Tualrcitos, Rancho El Toro, and Rancho Lupyomi. Correspondents include William Antonio Richardson, David Spence, and Edward Vischer.

448 pieces.4 boxes.17 bound volumes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736936

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Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)

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Wolter, Charles, 1792-1856.

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Charles Wolter (1792-1856), a native of Germany, was a ship captain and pioneer California land owner who sought his fortune in the coastal shipping trade off the coast of South America and had business in Lima, Peru, and Mazatlan, Mexico, before coming to Monterey, California, as master of the ship "Lenore" in 1833. In Monterey, he married Josefa Antonia (daughter of José Mariano Estrada). He served as pilot for Commodore Stockton during the Mexican War, and Wolter invested in property in the ...

Richardson, William A., 1795-1856

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William P. Richardson, major general of the Kansas Territorial Militia, member of the Council of the Territorial Legislature. From the description of Letter: to Nathaniel Pascall /by General Richardson, copied by John W. Forman, 1857 Feb 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128284 ...

Wolter, Irene.

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Spence, David, 1798-1875.

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David Estevan Spence was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on October 24, 1798, and arrived in Monterey, California, in 1824. He worked in the mercantile business before taking up ranching. He acquired Rancho Encinal y Buena Esperanza on the Salinas plains and later became alcalde of Monterey, a judge, and a member of the state legislature. He died in Monterey on February 18, 1875. From the description of David Spence papers, 1830-1922, undated. (California Historical Society). WorldC...

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Wolter, Harry Meiggs, 1884-1940.

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Vischer, Edward

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Biography/Administrative History Edward Vischer (1809–1878) as a young man of nineteen emigrated from Germany to Mexico where he was associated with the commercial house of Heinrich Virmond. In the employ of Virmond, or other German-Latin American companies, he acted as supercargo on many trading voyages to west-coast ports of the Americas and to the Orient. In 1842, he became interested in California and agreed to travel there fo...