Exceptions, the Counsel of Absent Heirs vs. William D.M. Howard, Administrator of the vacant succession of William A. Leidesdorff, deceased : San Francisco : ms., 1849.

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Exceptions, the Counsel of Absent Heirs vs. William D.M. Howard, Administrator of the vacant succession of William A. Leidesdorff, deceased : San Francisco : ms., 1849.

Exceptions of P. Barry, plaintiff counsel, filed with the San Francisco Alcalde's court on July 3, 1849 after the court received orders from Brig. General Riley via defendent counsel George Hyde to stay and suspend the proceedings of the court in matters concerning the Leidesdorff estate. Signed by Thaddeus Leavenworth, alcalde.

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San Francisco (Calif.). Mayor.

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Hyde, George.

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Barry, P. J. (Peter John)

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Howard, William Davis Merry, 1819-1856.

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Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848

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William A. Leidesdorff, early California trader and official, was born in the Danish West Indies of a Danish father and mulatto mother. In 1841 he came to California as master of the ship "Julia Ann." He engaged in trade between Hawaii and San Francsico, and afterwards began a general exporting business in San Francisco. Leidesdorff became a Mexican citizen in 1844 and received a grant for Rancho Rio de los Americanos, east of Fort Sutter. The next year he was appointed vice-consul of the United...

Leavenworth, Thaddeus, 1802-1893.

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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...