A lifetime in California, 1860-1939: typescript, 1939.
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Shay, Frank, 1888-1954
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California reporter and attorney. Growing up in California, Shay served in a wide variety of positions throughout his life, including special reporter for Sacramento and Virginia City newspapers, accountant and telegrapher for the Sutro Tunnel Company, and, after completing his law degree at Hastings Law College, attorney for the Southern Pacific Company and personal counsel for railroad president Leland Stanford. From the description of A lifetime in California, 1860-1939: typescrip...
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893
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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...
Southern Pacific Company
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What started as a boycott by the American Railway Union against Pullman's Palace Car Co. in 1894 escalated to a strike covering the area from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. On the premise of interfering with the mails the federal government intervened and crushed the strike. From the description of Journal of incidents in San Francisco resulting from the American Railway Union strike, 1894 June 27-Aug. 31. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record ...
