Eli T. Sheppard papers and related family material, circa 1858-1927.

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Eli T. Sheppard papers and related family material, circa 1858-1927.

Chiefly relating to his diplomatic career as U.S. Consul to China and later as Advisor on International Law to the U.S. Minister to Japan. Includes correspondence, diaries, chitbooks, writings, certificates, scrapbooks and clippings. Includes some material pertaining to his ownership of the Madrone Vineyards near Sonoma in the 1880s. Includes accounts of his father-in-law, Lewis Lewton, 1864-1889 (the earliest including accounts for the Ohio National Guard) and of the Lewton estate; records of the Glen-Ellen Viticultural Club (minutes, constitution and by-laws); account by Marguerite Brindley (E.T. Sheppard's daughter) of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

3 boxes, 3 cartons, 2 oversize folders (5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7083528

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Sheppard family.

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Online Archive of California

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Glen-Ellen Viticultural Club.

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Ohio. National Guard

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Sheppard, Eli T. (Eli Taylor), 1842-1927.

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Lawyer, diplomat. U.S. Consul in China, 1869-77; Advisor in International Law to the Japanese Office of Foreign Affairs, 1877-1881. Lecturer on international law and on the American Consular Service at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Eli T. Sheppard papers and related family material, circa 1858-1927. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227524767 ...