Facts obtained from the lips of Charles Crocker, regarding his identification with the Central Pacific Railroad, and other roads growing of it : dictation and related material assembled in preparing his biography for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth ..., 1865-1890.

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Facts obtained from the lips of Charles Crocker, regarding his identification with the Central Pacific Railroad, and other roads growing of it : dictation and related material assembled in preparing his biography for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth ..., 1865-1890.

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Contents: copies of Crocker's statement; Mrs. Crocker's letter of thanks for the original; recollections of G.B.V. DeLamater concerning overland journey (1850) with Crocker; Rev. J.A. Benton's draft of his eulogy of Crocker (portion on verso of a letter from Ira P. Rankin); copies of letters (1865) from L.L. Robinson and A.A. Sargent concerning T.D. Judah and the railroad; dictation from L.M. Clement; notes by Frances F. Victor; drafts of biography by Alfred Bates and others; notes from Bancroft, G.H. Morrison and other History Company staff; copy of tribute by "A Sacramento Pioneer" and newspaper articles concerning Mr. and Mrs. Crocker.

Originals : 19 folders in box.Copies : partial microfilm reel (404 exposures) : negative (Rich. 98:3) and positive.

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Sargent, A. A. (Aaron Augustus), 1827-1887

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