Thomas Wallace More papers, 1826-1886, photocopies.

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Thomas Wallace More papers, 1826-1886, photocopies.

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Photocopies of documents pertaining primarily to Thomas Wallace More's ownership of the Rancho Sespe, Ventura Co., Calif. Includes biographical sketches of More and the More family, including the events surrounding Thomas W. More's death in 1877 and the subsequent trial and conviction of F. A. Sprague for More's murder.

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Rancho Sespe (Calif.)

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More, Thomas Wallace, 1826-1877

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Hayes, Benjamin, 1815-1877

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Biographical note: Lawyer and forty-niner, Benjamin Hayes traveled from Independence, Missouri on Sept. 10, 1849 and arrived in Los Angeles on February 26, 1850. He became a prominent judge and civic leader in Los Angeles. From the description of Hayes transcript of forty-niners diary, 1849-1849. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 54032991 ...

Robinson, Alfred, 1806-1895

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Originally from Mass., Robinson went to Calif. in 1829 as the representative of the hide-trading and shipping firm Bryant, Sturgis & Co. From the description of Alfred Robinson logbook and diary : ms, 1829-1840. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122509056 Originally from Mass., Robinson first went to Calif. in 1829 as the representative for the hide-trading and shipping firm Bryant, Sturgis & Co. He married an heiress of Santa Barbara's de la Guerr...

Storke family.

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Sprague, F. A.

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Storke, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1847-1936.

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Biography Charles Albert Storke was born on November 19, 1847 at Branchport, Yates County, New York. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Wilderness Campaign of the Civil War and spent six months in seven prison camps following his capture by Confederate forces. In June 1870, Storke graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University and two years later he moved to California as a teacher of mathematics and Latin at the new Santa Barbara Co...