Francis P. Holden Papers, 1835-1893, bulk 1861-1893.

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Francis P. Holden Papers, 1835-1893, bulk 1861-1893.

Box 1 contains seven folders of personal correspondence (1857-1893), two folders of Massachusetts business papers (1835-1866), one folder of California business papers (1861-1882), two folders of scraps, notes, and miscellaneous personal papers, and one folder of photographs. Box 2 contains diaries and account books (1865-1893) and miscellaneous printed material, including handbooks and advertisements.

.5 linear ft.

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Congregational Society (Stockton, Calif.)

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Locke, Delia Marcella Hammond

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Independent Order of Good Templars (Calif.)

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Holden, Francis Powers, 1810-1893.

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Capitalist, stock raiser. Abington, Mass.-born maternal uncle of Delia Hammond Locke, wife of founder of Lockeford, Calif. Raised sheep and acquired real estate in San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties (1860-1882). Active in Sons of Temperance (1860-1863), Society of Good Templars (1887-1888) and Congregational Society of Stockton, Calif. (1875-1893). Early a widower, "Uncle" Holden was an epistolary confidante of several female members of two generations of close-knit Locke family. Their correspon...