Papers, 1836-1865.

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Papers, 1836-1865.

Papers of a Washington, D.C. lawyer, including correspondence, copies of legal papers, genealogies, and receipts. The collection concerns chiefly the disbursement of the estates of three men: A. S. Heilemann, Mason's cousin; Thomas Jennings, an Englishman; and Richard B. Mason, the first military and civil governor of California.

0.3 c.f. (1 black box)

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Mason, R. B. (Richard Barnes), 1797-1850

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Richard Barnes Mason, born in Virginia in 1797, was a Colonel in the United States Army when he arrived in 1847 in California to succeed Kearny as military governor. He was made a Brigadier General in 1848, and retained his position as governor until February 1849. He died of cholera in St. Louis in 1850. From the description of Richard Barnes Mason papers, 1847-1848. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26657368 Richard Barnes Mason (1797-1...

Jennings, Thomas.

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Jennings family

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Mason, John L. (John Latimer), 1923-

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United States Commissary General of Prisoners. From the description of Letters, 1813 Dec. 6. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347810 Resident of Florence, Erie County, Ohio. From the description of Letters, 1862-1864. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18059486 Represented in collection are: John Mason, planter of Sussex County, Va.; his son, Anthony Mason, also of Sussex County; and his grandson, John T.J. Mason,...

Heilemann, A. S.

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