W.C. Burnett legal miscellany, 1856-1879.

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W.C. Burnett legal miscellany, 1856-1879.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145415604

Complaints, answers, subpoenas, briefs, summonses, affidavits, testimony, attorney's notes, a mortgage, a deed, letters, and other legal documents and papers pertaining to property and divorce suits handled by Burnett as part of his private law practice. Includes legal papers from a suit filed against North Beach and Mission Railroad Company by a Black woman, Emma Jane Turner, for refusing to admit her on one of their streetcars, 1866-1867.

2 folders (0.2 linear ft.)

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6834076

California historical society

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Burnett, W. C. (Wellington Cleveland), 1830?-1907.

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Burnett was a San Francisco attorney. From the description of W.C. Burnett legal miscellany, 1856-1879. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145415604 Burnett served four terms as Attorney and Counselor for the City and County of San Francisco, 1870-1880. Previously, he had been Calif. State Senator from Yuba and Sutter Counties, 1856-1857. He lived and worked in New York City, ca. 1895-1897. From the description of W.C. Burnett miscellany, 1844-1...

North Beach and Mission Railroad Company

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Turner, Emma Jane

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