Dictation from James De Barth Shorb : Los Angeles, Ca. : ms., 1888.

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Dictation from James De Barth Shorb : Los Angeles, Ca. : ms., 1888.

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From miscellaneous California dictations, statements and some questionnaires concerning social life, customs, economic conditions, recorded and prepared for H.H. Bancroft primarily between 1887 and 1889.

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James De Barth Shorb (1842-1896), an attorney and civil engineer from Maryland, came to California in 1864. After his marriage to Maria de Jesus Wilson in 1867, Shorb joined his father-in-law, Benjamin Davis Wilson, in the development of their extensive land holdings in San Marino and Pasadena, and in the founding of the San Gabriel Winery. Shorb constructed and was president of the San Gabriel Valley Railroad and the Alhambra Railroad. In 1871, Shorb created the Lake Vineyard Land and Water Com...