Papers, 1849-1891.

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Papers, 1849-1891.

Personal and business correspondence, diaries, and legal documents relating to mining claims in Butte County, Calif.; together with political correspondence, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Hendricks's terms as state senator (1873-1877), state prison director (1883-1887), and secretary of state (1887-1889). Of particular importance are correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to prison reform.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7260278

California historical society

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Hendricks, William C. (William Chalmers), 1825-1892

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Miner and state government official, who came to California from Indiana in 1849. From the description of Papers, 1849-1891. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28419751 Hendricks was a miner and state government official who came to Calif. from Indiana in 1849. He settled in Butte County, where he organinzed the Oregon Gulch Mining Company with his younger brother, Thomas P. In the late 1870s, they established the Morris Ravine Mining Company. Hendricks als...

California. Director of Prisons

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California. Secretary of State

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