Jonathan Drake Stevenson papers, 1846-1893.

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Jonathan Drake Stevenson papers, 1846-1893.

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Part I. Letters, case files, and other papers relating mainly to activities in San Francisco from about 1849 as an attorney and claim agent. Part II. On film: letters and regimental orders written by Stevenson and others relating to the New York Regiment-organization, voyage to California, and military service, 1846-1848. Includes journals, Camp Polk and Fort Columbus, 1846-1847.

Part I : 2 boxes.Part II : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 532:9) and positive.

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Stevenson, J. D. (Jonathan Drake), 1800-1894

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Col. Stevenson was the commander of the First Regiment of New York Volunteers, known as Stevenson's Regiment, sent to Calif. during the Mexican War. From the description of J.D. Stevenson letter : San Francisco, Calif., to Isaac M. Baker : ALS, 1850 Oct. 4. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122381837 Stevenson was born Jan. 1, 1800 in NY; private secretary to NY Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, later accompanying him to Washington, DC, when Tompkins was electe...

Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)

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Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942

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Robert Ernest Cowan was born in 1862 in Toronto, Canada; came to San Francisco in 1870; student at UC Berkeley 1882-84; San Francisco bookseller from 1895-1920 and author of bibliographies of history of California and the Pacific Coast; librarian for William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1919-33; moved to Los Angeles at Clark's request in 1926; Cowan's collection of books and manuscripts form the nucleus of the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections' holdings in Californiana; married Marie Margaret Fleissner i...