Finding Aid of the Francis Clark Note C057761
Finding aid prepared by Lacey Lieberthal
Society of California Pioneers
July 27, 2012
300 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA, 94107-1272
(415) 959-1849
pkeats@californiapioneers.org
Title: Clark, Francis Note
Identifier/Call Number: C057761
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
(1 note, 1 envelope)
Date: June 21, 1855
Abstract: Note with envelope (Stockton, California, June 21, 1855) written from Francis Clark (signed Francis D. Clark) to Nelson Taylor
promising to pay Taylor $200 for the "value received."
creator:
Clark, Francis D.
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection open for research.
There are no restrictions on access.
Francis Clark Note. The Society of California Pioneers.
Donor and date of acquisition unknown.
Although the note does not have any biographical information about Francis D. Clark, he is included in Bancroft's California
Pioneer Register. Clark was from New York, and he arrived in California in 1847. From 1848-1849, he worked as a miner. He
then moved to San Joaquin and worked there as a trader, ferryman, and justice of the peace in between the years of 1849 and
1855. In 1855, he returned to New York City and worked as a trader until 1860, and then he served in the American Civil War.
When the war ended in 1865, he once again returned to New York City. He was an active member of the New York Society of California
Pioneers, and he published several articles/memoirs on surviving pioneers of the time. "Pioneer of '47" is a brief narrative
that he wrote about his experience in California.
Note with envelope (Stockton, California, June 21, 1855) written from Francis Clark (signed Francis D. Clark) to Nelson Taylor
promising to pay Taylor $200 for the "value received."
Existence and Location of Originals note
The Society of Caliornia Pioneers, 300 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Taylor, Nelson
Stockton (Calif.)