Frederica Cordelia Leidesdorff title transfer materials : ms., 1849.

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Frederica Cordelia Leidesdorff title transfer materials : ms., 1849.

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Statement notarized by Walter Edwards of New York City attesting to the authenticity of a contract to transfer the title and interest of William A. Leidesdorff property in California from his heir and neice Frederica Cordelia Leidesdorff to Joseph Libby Folsom. Includes a photocopy.

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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, Frederica Cordelia.

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Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848

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Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942

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