Samuel R. Throckmorton letters to Peter R. Roach : San Francisco, 1850-1868.

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Samuel R. Throckmorton letters to Peter R. Roach : San Francisco, 1850-1868.

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Writing as Roach's business agent, he comments on business conditions and opportunities in the city, the construction of various buildings, purchase and rental of real estate, destructive fires in the city, the effects of the '55 depression, mining investments, and his difficulties over the sale of his own land on the San Francisco Harbor (Lime Point) to the United States government for the purpose of fortifications. Included also: two letters to Roach from Alfred Robinson and Gilmor Meredith, and one from Robinson Bissell & Co.

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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...

Roach, Peter

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Meredith, Gilmor, 1824-1899

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Throckmorton, Samuel R.

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Bissell Robinson & Co. (San Francisco, Calif.),

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