Lease between Asbury Harpending and Frank R. and Alfred O. Larkin : San Francisco, Calif. : ms, 1868 Aug. 1, 1871 Dec. 12.

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Lease between Asbury Harpending and Frank R. and Alfred O. Larkin : San Francisco, Calif. : ms, 1868 Aug. 1, 1871 Dec. 12.

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Lease for parcel of San Francisco land located between Market and Stevenson Streets, and below Battery and Sansome Streets, to be paid at the rate of $1000 in gold per month for twenty years. This land is referred to as part of a Montgomery Street extension plan in Harpending's book, The great diamond hoax. Included is a notary public certificate with the seal of J.W. McKenzie of San Francisco. Lease is signed by A. Harpending, while the cancellation of Dec. 12, 1871 is signed by Harpending's attorney Maurice Dore and by the Larkins.

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Larkin, Alfred Otis.

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Maurice Dore & Co.

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Larkin, Frank R.

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Harpending, Asbury

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Born in Kentucky, Harpending (1840-1923) was a financier, adventurer, and one of the primary figures in the Great Diamond Hoax of the 1870s. From the description of Asbury Harpending papers, 1863-1919. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122332383 Asbury Harpending (1839-1923) was a miner, mining investor and financier in the fields of real estate, mining, and railroads. His mining interests included gold mines in California, Utah and Mexico. Much of Harpend...