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Title: Harold C. Holmes collection of early California manuscripts
Collection Identifier: MS
714
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Date: 1846-1868
Abstract: Accounts, receipts for wages and goods, Gold Rush
correspondence, and other documents collected by Oakland bookseller Harold C.
Holmes, mostly relating to commercial activities in California between the years
1846 and 1868. Materials were created by various individuals and firms, including
Captain J. L. Folsom, Archibald C. Peachy, Mellus & Howard, and members of the
Fitch family. Some materials document the exchange of and disputes over horses
during the Mexican War period.
Creator:
Holmes, Harold C., 1877-1965.
The collection was given to the California Historical Society by Harold C. Holmes in
1952.
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker
Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the
owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from
the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Harold C. Holmes collection of early California
manuscripts, MS 714, California Historical Society.
Harold C. Holmes was an antiquarian bookseller and owner of the Holmes Book Company
in Oakland, California.
Collection consists of accounts, receipts for wages and goods, Gold Rush
correspondence, and other documents collected by Oakland bookseller Harold C.
Holmes, mostly relating to commercial activities in California between the years
1846 and 1868. Materials were created by various individuals and firms, including
and prominently Captain J. L. Folsom, Archibald C. Peachy, Mellus & Howard, and
members of the Fitch family. Some materials document the exchange of and disputes
over horses during the Mexican War period.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Fitch family.
Folsom, J. L. (Joseph Libbey),
1817-1855.
Mellus & Howard
Company.
Peachy, Archibald C.
Businessmen--California.
California--Gold discoveries.
Commerce--California.
Horses--California.
Receipts.