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Finding Aid to the Addington family papers, 1793-1941 (bulk 1871-1921)
MS 3013
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Title: Addington family papers
Date (inclusive): 1793-1941
Date (bulk): 1871-1921
Collection number: MS 3013
Creators:
Davis, Sara Addington, 1871-1921.
Addington family.
Davis, Daniel, 1826-1897.
Physical Description: 3 boxes (1.5 Linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Personal correspondence of Sara Addington Davis, relating to the lives of several Iowa and New England families; together
with correspondence of her relatives, including letters (1849-1853) of her father, Daniel Davis, a native of Vermont, describing
his voyage to California via Cape Horn, his arrival in San Francisco, and his life in Marysville, California, from 1850; a
genealogical notebook, a cookbook, a scrapbook of obituaries, an autograph album, an account book, and ephemera and miscellany,
some of which relates to Addington's daughter, Lois. Also includes two English grammars, one (1793) belonging to Jacob Davis,
and the other (1838) belonging to Daniel Davis.
Note
Previously titled: Sara Addington Davis papers, 1842-1941.
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[Identification of item], Addington Family Papers, MS 3013. California Historical Society.
Photographs shelved as MSP 3013.
Purchased from Argus Book Shop.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Voyages to the Pacific coast.
California--Gold discoveries.
Marysville (Calif.)--Social life and customs.
Addington family--Correspondence.
Genealogies.
Obituaries.
Autograph albums.
Account books.
Personal correspondence of Sara Addington Davis, relating to the lives of several Iowa and New England families; together
with correspondence of her relatives, including letters (1849-1853) of her father, Daniel Davis, a native of Vermont, describing
his voyage to California via Cape Horn, his arrival in San Francisco, and his life in Marysville, California, from 1850; a
genealogical notebook, a cookbook, a scrapbook of obituaries, an autograph album, an account book, and ephemera and miscellany,
some of which relates to Addington's daughter, Lois. Also includes two English grammars, one (1793) belonging to Jacob Davis,
and the other (1838) belonging to Daniel Davis.