James McHall Jones collection of papers.

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James McHall Jones collection of papers.

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Contents: Part I - letters (8) 1849-1851, to his mother and stepfather, Dr. & Mrs. J.L. Hornsby in Louisiana, concerning his activities as delegate to the California Constitutional Convention, legal practice with John B. Weller and business ventures. With these: California Supreme Court license, 1850, signed by Eugene H. Tharp, Clerk; copy of letter from Peter H. Burnett to the Whig, Jan. 1, 1852, describing deathbed interview with Jones; Jones obituary notice; abstract of his will; copy of demit from Masonic Lodge in Louisiana; passenger list of steamer Falcon on which Jones was a passenger from New Orleans to Chagres (14 folders in Part I). Part II - typed transcripts of the letters and a few other items. Part III - correspondence between T.W. Norris, Helen E.W. Hannason (Mrs. C.K.) and Herbert I. Priestley, to which has been added correspondence from the Bancroft Library files with W.C. Arbuckle, Mark A. Sawrie and Guy J. Giffen, concerning disposal of the papers and Jones' death, will and Masonic affiliation.

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Weller, John B., 1812-1875

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United States Senator from California. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Pierce, 1854 Apr. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588548 United States senator from California. From the description of Autograph letter signed : San Francisco, to Jacob Thompson, 1860 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588289 John B. Weller was born in Hamilton County, Ohio on February 22, 1812. Admitted to the ba...

Giffen, Guy J. (Guy James), 1886-

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Author. From the description of Six shooters who's who : typescript. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067683 ...

California. Constitutional Convention (1849)

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The California Constitutional Convention was held in Monterey, California in September and October 1849. The constitution was adopted on October 10, and the convention was adjourned on October 13. From the description of Report on preamble, 1849, Oct. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540550 ...

Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)

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Hannason, Helen Ethel W.

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Jones, James McHall, 1823-1851.

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Arbuckle, W. Clyde, 1903-

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Priestley, Herbert Ingram, 1875-1944

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Priestly (1913-). B. Sc. 1933; Ph. D. 1935: University of Leeds, England. Professor of Physics at Knox College from 1952-1982. Chairman of Physics Dept., Ripon College, 1946-1952. From the description of Faculty Series: Herbert Priestley. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78411838 Professor of Mexican history at the University of California, Berkeley (1917-1944); member of The Bancroft Library staff after 1912 and its director from 1940-1944. From the description of...

Hornsby, Arabella Brown Jones, d. 1851.

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Falcon (steamship)

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Tharp, Eugene H.

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Freemasons.

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Hornsby, Joseph, 1740-1807

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Plantation owner, b. Norfolk County, England; emigrated to Williamsburg, Va.; 1797 moved family to Kentucky. From the description of Diary [microform], 1798-1804. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 61452363 Farmer of Shelby County, Ky. From the description of Diary, 1798-1804. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49243261 ...

Sawrie, Mark A.

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California. Supreme Court

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Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895

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Burnett was Governor when California was admitted into the U.S. in 1850. From the description of ALS, 1851 January 3 : San Jose, to Thomas Fox Taylor. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16951352 Peter Hardeman Burnett, the first American Governor of the state of California, was born in Tennessee in 1807. He was admitted to the bar in 1839. In 1843, he and his family moved to Oregon where he helped form the territorial government. In 1848, Burnett moved t...