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Title: Doud, Francis Sr. Papers
Identifier/Call Number: C058832
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
(12 items)
Date (inclusive): 1847-1919
Abstract: This folder contains several documents from 1847-1919, many of which have typewritten duplicates accompanying them. There
are 2 letters of correspondence to Doud, 1 letter of correspondence to Francis Doud, Jr. regarding his father’s death, 2 letters
dealing with property in Monterey, CA without explicitly stating Doud’s involvement, a copy of a Berlin newspaper regarding
the 1906 earthquake, and a letter regarding an unnamed wounded soldier from the Mexican War.
creator:
Doud, Francis, ?-1919
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection open for research.
There are no restrictions on access.
Francis Doud Papers. The Society of California Pioneers.
Existence and Location of Originals note
The Society of California Pioneers, 300 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107
This folder contains several documents from 1847-1919, many of which have typewritten duplicates accompanying them. There
are two letters of correspondence addressed to Doud (an 1847 personal letter from C. Robinson and a 1850 deed of a Monterey,
CA property transfer from the Canbys to Doud). One letter from 1919 is from the Associated Veterans of the Mexican War office
written to Francis Doud, Jr. regarding his father’s death. Two letters from 1851 deal with property in Monterey, CA without
explicitly stating Doud’s involvement.
There are also two inexplicable items: a copy of a Berlin newspaper regarding the 1906 earthquake, and an 1847 letter written
from field surgeon George C. Cooper to Dr. William E. Horner regarding an unnamed wounded soldier from the Mexican War.
Francis Doud, Jr. in 1930
Doud was a veteran of the Mexican War. He arrived in California on July 8, 1849. Doud was an orderly and messenger during
the California State Constitutional Convention in Monterey, CA in 1849. Shortly thereafter, he an his wife Ann Kenna settled
permanently there. In the 1850s they moved their original home to the back of the property and built the larger Doud House,
still standing as of 2011 at what is now 117 Van Buren Street. He had at least one child, son Francis Doud, Jr. He joined
the Society of California Pioneers on February 26, 1873. Doud probably died in the fall or winter of 1919.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence.
Deeds--California.
Mexican War, 1846-1848--California.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906