William Harrington Marston : biographical sketch Berkeley, Calif. : ms., [undated].

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William Harrington Marston : biographical sketch Berkeley, Calif. : ms., [undated].

A biographical sketch of her husband, captain and shipowner, and early Berkeley resident. Notes on arrival in California with Captain George Plummer and family, 1860, via Panama; commands of various ships; Western Union Telegraph Company's expedition for the Russian Extension; first cargo of sugar to San Francisco from Hawaii under the Reciprocity Treaty; use of iron ships on the run; life in Berkeley; genealogy and anecdotes of travels.

1 reel : (50 exposures) : negative (Rich. 538:1) and postive.

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