J.L. Folsom-William A. Leidesdorff estate papers, 1850-1861.

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J.L. Folsom-William A. Leidesdorff estate papers, 1850-1861.

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Consists of the legal correspondence of J.L. Folsom and his San Francisco lawyers, H.W. Halleck, A.C. Peachy and P. Warren Van Winkle, regarding Folsom's San Francisco tenants and properties. Also contains letters from Folsom's New York lawyers, Snydum, Reed & Co., regarding Folsom's acquisition of William A. Leidesdorff's property from his mother, Anna Maria Sparks. After Folsom's death, Halleck, Peachy, and Van Winkle became his estate's executors, and continued Folsom's legal correspondence. Also includes a statement "In the matter of the Estate of J.L. Folsom", a bill remitted by Folsom, and leases signed by Folsom. Finally, there is one deed signed by Jacob C. Biedermann.

Originals: 1 box (.2 linear ft.)Copies : 1 microfilm reel (168 frames) : negative (BNEG Box 2885) and positive.

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Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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Halleck was born on a farm in Westernville, Oneida County, New York, third child of 14 of Joseph Halleck, a lieutenant who served in the War of 1812, and Catherine Wager Halleck. Young Henry detested the thought of an agricultural life and ran away from home at an early age to be raised by an uncle, David Wager of Utica. He attended Hudson Academy and Union College, then the United States Military Academy. He became a favorite of military theorist Dennis Hart Mahan and was allowed to teach class...

Snydum, Reed & Co.

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Van Winkle, P. Warren.

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Peachy, Archibald C., 1820-1883

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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 ...

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...