Bernard Goldsmith dictations and biographical materials, 1889.

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Bernard Goldsmith dictations and biographical materials, 1889.

Contains dictation concerning immigration to America from Germany in 1848 and to California via the Isthmus in 1850; business interests and Indian fighting in California; and political and mercantile activities after move to Portland in 1861; dictation by M.P. Deady concerning Goldsmith's business acumen and character; and drafts of the biographical sketch, with revisions by D.R. Sessions.

Originals : 1 portfolio.Copies : partial microfilm reel (23 exposures) : negative (Rich. 106:2) and positive (Film P-A, reel 18)

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Goldsmith, Bernard, 1832-

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Sessions, David R.

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Deady, Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893

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Matthew Paul Deady, son of Daniel and Mary Ann (McSweeny) Deady, was born near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland on May 12, 1824. The Deady family worked a farm first in Maryland and, after 1828, in Wheeling, Virginia. Deady received his early education from his father and later at Wheeling's Lancasterian Academy. In 1837, three years after Mary Ann Deady's death, the family moved to Ohio. From 1841 to 1845 Deady was apprenticed to a blacksmith and, at the same time, attended Barnes...