Frederick Billings letters to John White Geary, 1872 Apr-May.

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Frederick Billings letters to John White Geary, 1872 Apr-May.

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Two ALS written by Frederick Billings on letterhead of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Land Department, New York, to John White Geary, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In a letter dated Apr 16, 1872, Billings asks for Geary's assistance in opposing a lawsuit brought by B. S. Brooks in Geary's name against Billings and other assignees of B. Simmons. The lawsuit concerns financial transactions originating twenty years previously. In a brief letter dated May 7, 1872, Billings arranges a meeting with Geary.

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Brooks, B. S. (Benjamin Sherman), 1820?-1884

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Simmons, B.

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Geary, John White, 1819-1873

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John W. Geary was a lawyer, politician and Union general in the Civil War (1861-1865). He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on 30 December 1819. After serving as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War (1846-1848), Geary went to California for the 1849 gold rush. While in California, Geary became the first governor of San Francisco from 1850 to 1851 and was later governor of the Kansas Territory from 1856-1857. Following his term as governor, Geary returned to Pennsylvania and w...

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890

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Billings was a San Francisco lawyer; partners with Archibald Peachy and H.W. Halleck, of the firm Halleck, Peachy and Billings, which specialized in cases involving land titles. From the description of Frederick Billings legal journal and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1869. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128672 Frederick Billings went to California in 1849 and began a law practice in San Francisco. He became a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad in...