Volume containing autograph manuscript records of real estate and other investments owned by William Woodward. Properties and financial investments in Rhode Island and California are listed in an index and described briefly in entries dated ca. 1862-1876, some listing legal documents, accounts, or names of other owners or agents. Real estate includes properties located in Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island, and in San Francisco and Tehama County, California. Accounts pertaining to California property are recorded for William and Robert B. Woodward. The volume is signed, "Wm. Woodward, San Francisco, California." Accompanying the volume is an AL, draft, 1895 Jan 1, written by a member of the Woodward family to "My Dear Children," describing real estate owned by the writer, some held in the name of Robert B. Woodward. Also accompanied by two photographs of William Woodward, a postcard with a photograph of him, 1906 Sep 1, and a legal document pertaining to his guardianship of Helen Woodward, a minor, Napa County, California, 1884.