Leland Stanford papers, 1862-1882.

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Leland Stanford papers, 1862-1882.

Mainly letters as Governor of California. Also a letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, asking for award of a contract to William A. Bryan of the Pacific Foundry, San Francisco.

8 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8331099

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Pacific Foundry.

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Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)

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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

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Lawyer born in Albany, New York but moved to California where he became active in the Republican Party, running for governor and losing in 1860. Later president of the Union Pacific Railroad and founder of Stanford University. From the description of Letter, March 14, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55662301 Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824 in Waltervliet Township, New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1848 and married Ja...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...

Bryan, William A. (of Pacific Foundry, San Francisco).

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California. Governor (1862-1863 : Stanford)

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