Stewart A. Blanc miscellany : 1867-[1918?].

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Stewart A. Blanc miscellany : 1867-[1918?].

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Eleven miscellaneous items, most of which pertain to Stewart Blanc, including a receipt (1867) for a deposit on his purchase of a parcel of land in San Francisco; a handwritten letter written by "Papa Blanc" to "Alex," written on a billhead for Blanc's bootmaking business in Honolulu, HI; a 1904 receipt from the State of Calif. for Blanc's payment of a poll tax; and an addendum to a life insurance policy held by Blanc (undated). Three items concern the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire; an authorization to pass through police and military lines, a document naming the bearer a Special Police Officer, and a meal ticket from the Finance Committee of the Relief and Red Cross Funds dated May 12, 1906. Includes an undated Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company form with a message from Judge McKenna in San Francisco to General Benjamin Harrison at Stanford University, inquiring about Harrison's schedule for arriving in Oakland, with a reply to McKenna from Harrison. Also includes a printed card (undated) of the San Francisco Victory Liberty Loan Committee, certifying that S.A. Blanc is a Lieutenant in the District 191 Division of the Somme and is entitled to receive payment from the Victory Liberty Loan.

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McKenna, J. (Joseph), 1843-1926

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McKenna served as a U.S. Congresman from California (1885-1892), U.S. Circuit Judge (1892-1897), U.S. Attorney General (1897-1898), and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1898-1925). From the description of Opinion, 1911. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235102929 ...

Blanc, Stewart A.

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San Francisco Directory for 1867 lists Stewart Blanc as a bootmaker; 1904 Directory lists a Stewart A. Blanc, clerk. Judge McKenna is possibly Joseph McKenna (1843-1926), who served as a Calif. state assemblyman, 1875-77; U.S. Representative from Calif., 1885-1892; Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 1892-1897; U.S. Attorney General, 1897-1898; and Justice of the Supreme Court, 1898-1925. General Benjamin Harrison probably refers to the 23rd president of the United States, 1889-1893, who was a b...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...