Mudd and Mapes Families papers, 1889-1989.

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Mudd and Mapes Families papers, 1889-1989.

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This small collection contains notes and clippings on the history of the Mudd and Mapes families, as well as family photographs including one of the Caterpillar School in Stockton, California and several of the steam combine invented by George Stockton Berry and owned by George Mudd.

0.2 linear ft.

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8001970

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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University of California, Davis. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.

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Biography Biographical Narrative Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) was a short story writer, poet, and novelist. At the height of his career he was considered one of the best-known American writers of the nineteenth century. He held a variety of jobs during his early years. In Brooklyn until 1854, he worked in a lawyer's office and a counting house; later in San Francisco from 1854-64, he work...

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Mudd family.

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In October 1870, George Mudd (1845-1898), settled "four miles east of Germantown, and eight miles north-west from Jacinto," California and established a ranch there. He married Mattie Mitchell on March 23, 1875 and they had four children. According to a Colusa County history by Justus Rogers, in June 1889, "George Mudd, farming near Germantown, received a harvester to be propelled by a traction engine, the first of the kind in the county." Circa 1873, William Mudd (1840-1884) and Jane Percival M...