George Gordon Letters, 1866-1867.

Gordon, George, 1818-1869

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Gordon was a businessman and president of San Francisco & Pacific Sugar Company, b. George Cummings. From the description of George Gordon legal and estate papers, 1855-1885. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122368988 George Gordon came to California in 1849. In 1850, he built Howison's Pier, one of the earliest wharves in San Francisco. Founded the San Francisco and Pacific Sugar Refinery. From the description of George Gordon Letters, 18...

San Francisco and Pacific Sugar Refinery.

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Doyle, John T. (John Thomas), 1819-1906

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For fifty years, John Thomas Doyle worked on the "Pious Fund" case as legal counselor for San Francisco Catholic Archbishops Joseph Alemany and Patrick Riordan. Doyle was born on November 26, 1819 in New York. In 1851, he came to San Francisco and practiced law. He returned to New York in 1856. In New York, he married Antonia Pons, returning to San Francisco in 1859. He served in various positions throughout his life: member of the first Board of Regents for the University of California, Califor...

Redington, John W., 1851-1935

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John "Watermelon" Redington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1851, attended grammar school, and worked as a printer's devil. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1874 as a means of traveling to the West. He was discharged in 1874, worked for the Salem Oregon Statesman, and founded a job printing establishment in Salem. He left job printing to wander through Oregon, Idaho, and Utah as a tramp printer and in search of adventure. In the process he served as a scout in the Nez Perce India...