William A. Leidesdorff title transfer materials : ms., 1849.

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William A. Leidesdorff title transfer materials : ms., 1849.

Papers that document the transfer of title of the property of William A. Leidesdorff in California from Anna Maria Spark, Anna Christina Gindrup, and Frederika Christina Leidesdorff to Joseph L. Folsom.

31 leaves in 1 folder.

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UC Berkeley Libraries

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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 ...

Gindrup, Anna Christina.

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Spark, Anna Maria.

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Leidesdorff, Frederika Christina.

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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...

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...