C.M. Silva & Son correspondence, 1874-1886.

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C.M. Silva & Son correspondence, 1874-1886.

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The collection contains 135 incoming letters to C.M. Silva & Son from 1874-1879. One volume of outgoing letters from July to December 1886 is also included. Correspondents include other nurserymen such as J. Capps and Sons of Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, McKinley Brothers of Los Angeles, John Rock of San Jose, and Shinn's Nurseries of Alameda County and fruit and produce merchants such as M.T. Brewer of Sacramento and Hixson, Justi and Co. of San Francisco, among others. Also present are three letters from Edward Payson Roe, a novelist and cultivator of small fruits. The correspondence discusses growing fruit trees and plants, orders for Silva's products, shipping procedures, the quality of Silva's products, and account debits and credits.

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University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796515

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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Silva, Edward B., 1854-1952.

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Roe, Edward Payson, 1838-1888

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American author and clergyman. From the description of Papers of Edward Payson Roe, 1871-1888. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34689926 American clergyman and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York, to [Henry Chandler] Bowen, 1887 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270656294 ...

C.M. Silva & Son.

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Charles M. Silva (1823-1894) was a native of Richmond County, New York who moved to California in 1849. A resident of Newcastle, California from 1864 to 1894, Silva first planted several fruit trees and strawberry vines there in 1868. He was one of the first to discover the adaptability of Newcastle's soil for growing fruit trees and plants and became one of the pioneers of the fruit and nursery business in Placer County. Silva and his son, Edward, operated a nursery, C.M. Silva & Son, in Ne...

Silva, Charles M., 1823-1894.

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University of California, Davis. Library

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Mostly 19th and early 20th century programs, including a large group of souvenir programs. From the description of Theatre programs collection: United States, 1800-2005. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 77008484 Material was collected by the Department of Special Collections as part of the African American History Collection. From the description of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statements, speeches, and other material, 1963-1969. (University ...

J. Capps and Sons

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Shinn's Nurseries

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J. Capp and Sons.

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Rock, John, 1836-1904

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Online Archive of California

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