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Title: Jasper O'Farrell correspondence
Dates: 1846-1848
Collection Number: SFH 207
Creator/Collector:
O'Farrell, Jasper, 1817-1875
Extent: 8 folders
Repository:
San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center
San Francisco, California 94102
Abstract: Six documents relating to O'Farrell's survey of Yerba Buena (San Francisco) and one relating to his survey of Sonoma town.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
[Identification of item]. Jasper O'Farrell correspondence. Collection Number: SFH 207. San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco
History Center
John Howell Books, 1974?
Biography/Administrative History
Jasper O'Farrell was born in Ireland in 1817 and came to California in 1843 via Chile. Trained as a civil engineer, he was
appointed Surveyor-General of Alta California in 1844. In 1846, under American occupation, O’Farrell was asked by Alcalde
Washington A. Bartlett to survey the town of Yerba Buena, and O'Farrell based his map of San Francisco after Benjamin Buckelew’s,
but added Market Street on a diagonal; he established many of the street names in the area bounded by Post, Leavenworth, and
Francisco streets. O'Farrell had property in Sonoma County, died in 1875, and is buried in Bodega, California.
Scope and Content of Collection
Letters to O'Farrell from Washington A. Bartlett, George Hyde, Lilburn W. Boggs, and Richard Barnes Mason
Surveyors--California--Biography.
Surveying--California--History--19th century.
California--History--1846-1850--Sources.
Bartlett, Washington A.
Hyde, George, 1819-1890
Boggs, Lilburn W., 1792-1860
Mason, R. B. (Richard Barnes), 1797-1850
Sonoma (Calif.)--History.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History.