William Hammond Hall journal, 1 January 1865-22 February 1865.

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William Hammond Hall journal, 1 January 1865-22 February 1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/535900103

Holograph journal. Living in Stockton, California with his parents and sister Mollie, Hall describes pruning roses, trimming grape vines, harvesting tomatoes, planting trees, and other gardening work on the family property; taking flute lessons and copying duets; studying Latin and Greek, and attending the Stockton Seminary and St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church; and, his social activities: playing card games, playing baseball, attending dances and concerts, duck hunting and visiting The Ark (a duck blind?). Many entries relate to activities with friends Billy Craig, Billy Austin, Miss Latimer, the Nicholsons, the Gasmanns. Hall devotes space in each entry to weather conditions, and often comments on the water level in the port. One entry describes the shipping of freight to French Camp in flat boats and barges. One long entry describes Hall, Weber and others fighting a fire in Stockton's Fremont Square. Hall's mother and sister make a one-month visit to Napa; George Tilghman's boat is stolen and later returned; Durand & Grissim move their laundry to the New York Hotel; Governor Low visits by steamer; Jack Keeler is discovered unconscious in the slough; Gustave A. Scott, organist for Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, performs in concert. Two entries near the end of the volume include calculations of profits made for cutting wood, and a possible record of gambling debts. A geometry problem ends the volume.

1 v. (ca. 57 p.) ; 35 centimeters.

San Francisco Public Library, Main Library

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San Francisco Public Library, Main Library

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Hall, Wm. Ham. (William Hammond)

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Hall was a Calif. engineer who served as Superintendent and Engineer of Golden Gate Park (1871-1876), a consultant in the grading and development of the University of California campus at Berkeley (1872-1873), chief engineer for the Central and West Side Irrigation Districts (1870s), the first State Engineer of Calif. (1879-1889), and Supervising Engineer of the Irrigation Bureau at the United States Geological Survey (1889). Beginning in 1890, he worked in the private sector as a civil engineer...

Hall, William Hammond, 1846-1934

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William Hammond Hall was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1846 and moved to Stockton, California with his parents in 1853. He attended a private academy 1858-1865. He married Kate FitzHugh December 22, 1870 in San Francisco, and the couple had three daughters. Hall worked as a draftsman and surveyor following the Civil War. Awarded the contract for the topographic survey of Golden Gate Park by the San Francisco Board of Park Commissioners, in 1871 he was appointed Engineer and Superintendent of P...