Papers of H. D. Bacon, ca. 1766-1906.

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Papers of H. D. Bacon, ca. 1766-1906.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122644023

The collection contains letters, documents, and a few account books related to the business activities of Henry Douglas Bacon. Subject matter includes banking methods in the 1850s; the failure of Page ? the financing of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; land transactions in Missouri and Illinois; mines and mining properties in the western United States; the wine and citrus industries in Southern California; the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad; the purchase, boundaries, and subdivision of the Marengo Ranch (now the city of South Pasadena, CA); the construction of the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, CA. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Henry Douglas Bacon, Julia Ann Page Bacon, Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow, William Tell Coleman, Samuel Gaty, Daniel Dearborn Page, Francis W. Page, Henry Starr, and Thomas M. Yerkes.

Approx. 4,000 items.42 boxes.11 volumes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6801918

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Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Co.

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Page, Daniel Dearborn, 1790-1869

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Bacon, Julia Ann Page.

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Bacon, H. D. (Henry Douglas), 1813-1893.

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Henry Douglas Bacon was a California financier who entered the retail business in St. Louis in 1835 and later joined his wealthy father-in-law in the banking firm of Page & Bacon. In 1849 he and his partners formed Page, Bacon & Co., an express firm in San Francisco, which became primarily a banking concern. The company's failure in 1855 served as a prelude to the San Francisco crash of 1855. Bacon invested in the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, numerous mining ventures, and the Marengo...

Page, Francis W.

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Page was a prominent San Francisco banker, of the banking house Page, Bacon & Co. From the description of Francis W. Page diary and correspondence, 1851-1857. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145416042 ...

Los Angeles & San Gabriel Valley Railroad Co.

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Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Coleman, William Tell, 1824-1893

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Businessman and vigilante. From the description of Certification of William Tell Coleman, circa 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451350 Coleman was a San Francisco businessman and Chairman of the Vigilance Committees of 1851, 1856 and 1877. From the description of Account of the Burdue Trial and Vigilance Committee of 1851 and 1856 / by William Tell Coleman : manuscript and typescript, circa 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866052 Coleman wa...

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889

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Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow, prominent corporation lawyer and backstage Democrat. Co-founder of the law firm of Bowdoin, Larocque, and Barlow in 1852, he specialized in corporate law and management, particularly in railroads, mining, land, and utilities, and was a part owner of the New York World. Barlow represented the English Shareholders Association in a successful attack on the corrupt management of the Erie Railroad in 1872 and was directly responsible for the ouster of Jay Gould from the...

Marengo Ranch (Calif.)

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Starr, Henry, 1819-

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Yerkes, Thomas M.

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Gaty, Samuel, 1811-

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