George Horatio Derby papers, 1846-1870.

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George Horatio Derby papers, 1846-1870.

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Original manuscripts (mainly from the T.W. Norris Collection) and photocopies (from the National Archives), 1846-1859, assembled by Francis P. Farquhar and others. Contains letters and reports as U.S. topographical engineer, including report and map of a visit to the mines with General Bennet Riley, 1849; and a report on wagon roads and watering places between San Diego and Fort Yuma, April 1855. With these: letter to Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hitchcock from Derby and members of his family, 1857-1870; humorous articles published in the San Diego Herald, 1852-1854; some original manuscripots and drawings; and notes by Farquhar, Winifred Davidson, and George R. Stewart respecting Derby's Phoenixiana, his pen-name, John P. Squibob, etc.

Originals : 1 box (.5 linear ft.).Copy of "Report of a Reconnaisance of a part of the vallies of the Sacramento and San Joaquin, Cal. in the months of July & August 1849 (1 folder) : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3337, 48 frames) and positive.

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Hitchcock, Charles M., 1812-1885

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Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-1974

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Farquhar was born on Dec. 31, 1887 in Newton, MA; AB, Harvard Univ., 1909; became public accountant in Boston and San Francisco, 1909-59; also served as an accountant with the US National Park Service, 1922-25; president of the California Academy of Sciences, and California Historical Society; president of the Sierra Club, and editor of the Bulletin, 1926-46; president, California State Board of Accountancy, 1953-54; recipient of the John Muir award for conservation, 1965; made expeditions to Mt...

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861

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George Horatio Derby was born on April 3, 1823, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He graduated from West Point in 1846 and served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Topographic Corps. He mapped the San Diego River in 1853 before moving to San Francisco in 1854 to marry Mary A. Coons. While in San Francisco, Derby began writing satiric articles for the San Francisco Herald and California Pioneer Magazine, for which he used the pseudonyms "John P. Squibob" and "John Phoenix." Derby died of a possible brain ...

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Davidson, Winifred

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Riley, Bennett, 1787-1853

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Soldier. Distinguished himself during the War of 1812, in various Indian actions, and during the Mexican War. He served as miltiary governor of California in 1849. Bennett I. and Edward B.D. Riley were two of Bennett Riley's children. From the description of Bennett Riley papers, 1818-1888. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 123812535 Biography Bennet Riley, born in Virginia in 1787, early became a soldier, ris...

Stewart, George R., 1895-1980

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American writer, professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of George Rippey Stewart papers, 1914-1984. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84641753 From the description of George Rippey Stewart papers : additions, 1750-1985. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84653238 Biographical Information George Rippey Stewart, writer and ...