Military reserve selected by virtue of instructions dated March 29th, 1848 by Capt. J.L. Folsom / Surveyed by Lieut. W.H. Warner, U.S. Topogl. Engineers ; a true copy [by] Geo. H. Derby. [19--]
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Folsom, J. L. (Joseph Libbey), 1817-1855.
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Hays was the San Francisco sheriff. From the description of Letter to John C. Hays : San Francisco : ALS, 1850 Nov. 11. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215336413 ...
Warner, William Horace
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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 ...