SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE (OUTGOING) IN LETTERPRESS COPYBOOKS, 1864-1897.
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Sept. 22, 1864-Feb. 22, 1871
March 1, 1871-Sept. 13, 1874
Oct. 4, 1874-April 21, 1878
April 26, 1878-Aug. 7, 1882
April 20, 1888-[May 8, 1892]
March 26, 1894-July 20, 1897
SERIES 2: DIARIES, 1873-1878.
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1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
SERIES 3: AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS RECORDS, 1868-1897.
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Arrangement
Labor: ledger of employees 1868-1889
C. B. Polhemus: horse stable accounts and record of cows bred 1871-1885
Horses and Cattle: accounts 1873-1887
Registry applications and breeding records for cattle 1884-1894
C. B. Polhemus: bull services 1886-1890
Pasturage: records of accounts paid; record of breeding and hay bought 1892-1897
SERIES 4: LAND RECORDS, 1864-1891.
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Abstract of title to tracts of land belonging to C. B. Polhemus, Esq., in the Pulgas Rancho, as recorded in the city and county of San Francisco Dec. 15, 1864
Schedule of prices and terms, Hyde Park Lots, C. B. Polhemus; also, Fair Oaks Station, Menlo Park Tract Sept. 1889; June 27, 1891
SERIES 5: FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1858-1901.
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CASH BOOKS
October 1858-July 1865
August 1865-May 1871
June 1871-July 1876
July 1876-April 1881
April 1881-July 1886
August 1886-June 1891
July 1891-July 1901
DAY BOOKS
January 1871-June 1872
January 1875-May 1877
May 1877-August 1880
August 1880-August 1883
August 1883-June 1886
June 1886-January 1888
January 1888-October 1889
November 1889-July 1892
JOURNAL LEDGER
September 1858-December 1898
MISCELLANEOUS
Letterpress book of statements of accounts for properties & stables 1863-1883
Piojo Ranch Account Oct.1865-Jan.1876
SERIES 6: GEORGE B. POLHEMUS PAPERS, 1895-1905.
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DIARIES, 1895-1896
1895
1896
FARMING JOURNALS, 1899-1905
Farming and Crops, Coyote, Cal.:
Book No. 2, May 14, 1899-Sept. 5, 1900 1899-1900
Book No. 3, Sept. 5, 1900-April 23, 1902 1900-1902
Book No. 4, April 23, 1902-Sept. 8, 1902 1902
Book No. 5, Holstein Freesian Herd, Sept. 8, 1902-March 24, 1903 1902-1903
Book No. 6, Labor Diary, April 1, 1903-April 24, 1905 1903-1905
Book No. 7, May 4, 1905-Oct. 8, 1905 1905
FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1887-1916
Cash Books
January 1887-October 1894
November 1894-May 1898 (p. 1-49: closed); (p. 50- ) is used as 1916 check record book
Day Book
July 1890-November 1899
SERIES 7: MISCELLANEOUS, undated
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Clippings and notes, loose and removed from volumes