Biographical materials relating to Frederick Billings : San Francisco, [undated].

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Biographical materials relating to Frederick Billings : San Francisco, [undated].

Part of a collection of biographical sketches, dictations, and notes, all relating to California pioneers, created or commissioned by Hubert Howe Bancroft and his staff for use in Bancroft's publications.

4 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7165727

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890

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Billings was a San Francisco lawyer; partners with Archibald Peachy and H.W. Halleck, of the firm Halleck, Peachy and Billings, which specialized in cases involving land titles. From the description of Frederick Billings legal journal and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1869. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128672 Frederick Billings went to California in 1849 and began a law practice in San Francisco. He became a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad in...