Leidesdorff-Folsom estate papers, 1844-1858.

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Leidesdorff-Folsom estate papers, 1844-1858.

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Receipts, promissory notes, leases, correspondence, power of attorney and other papers collected by William A. Leidesdorff, and later by William D. M. Howard, administrator of Leidesdorff's estate, and finally, by Joseph L. Folsom, who purchased title to the estate. Claims submitted to Leidesdorff, and paid by him or by Folsom, make up the bulk of the collection. These include bills for construction and maintenance of dwellings, storehouses and San Francisco's first school house, as well as for repairs made to vessels and for purchases of goods and services. Two leases of San Francisco properties granted by Anna Maria Spark, Leidesdorff's mother, are included. One letter from Folsom to his attorney in St. Croix, Mr. Bahneberg, discusses Spark, a Mr. Forsberg, and Thomas Butler King. A few items of Folsom's may be unrelated to Leidesdorff, being collected by Folsom in his capacity as U.S. consul. One item dates from 1858, three years after Folsom's death.

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San Francisco Public Library, Main Library

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San Francisco Public Library, Main Library

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Folsom, J. L. (Joseph Libbey), 1817-1855.

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Hays was the San Francisco sheriff. From the description of Letter to John C. Hays : San Francisco : ALS, 1850 Nov. 11. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215336413 ...

Howard, William D. M. (William Davis Merry), 1818-1856.

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Howard was a merchant and financier, of San Francisco, Calif. From the description of William D.M. Howard papers, 1823-1878. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122642411 Biographical Information William Davis Merry Howard was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1818 and became a sailor, eventually working on trading ships along the Pacific Coast. He settled in San Francisco and dealt in hides before partne...

Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848

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William A. Leidesdorff, early California trader and official, was born in the Danish West Indies of a Danish father and mulatto mother. In 1841 he came to California as master of the ship "Julia Ann." He engaged in trade between Hawaii and San Francsico, and afterwards began a general exporting business in San Francisco. Leidesdorff became a Mexican citizen in 1844 and received a grant for Rancho Rio de los Americanos, east of Fort Sutter. The next year he was appointed vice-consul of the United...