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Title: Wright & Kimbrough correspondence
Dates: 1902-1903
Collection number: MC 8
Creator:
Wright & Kimbrough
Collection Size:
.1 linear ft.
1 folder
Repository:
Sacramento Public Library. Sacramento Room
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: In 1903, Cecelia Phelan, wife of prominent Sacramento physician Gregory Phelan, sold her 142-acre ranch off J Street in East
Sacramento through Wright & Kimbrough. This collection is comprised of correspondence between Mrs. Phelan and her son, Louis
Phelan, and Wright & Kimbrough concerning the sale of the J Street property, which would later become Tract 24.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please contact the Sacramento Room.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
Use of the described materials may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Sacramento Public Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Wright & Kimbrough correspondence, MC 8, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento,
California.
Dr. Gregory Phelan was a prominent physician in early Sacramento. He moved to the city in 1849, having graduated from Columbia
College and medical school at the University of New York. Phelan rose to prominence quickly and was involved in numerous community
organizations. He helped organize the first medical society in California and was selected as physician to the Cholera Hospital
in 1850. From 1861 to 1869, Phelan served as City and County Physician of the County Hospital of Sacramento. Dr. Phelan and
his wife Cecelia had nine children: Gregory, Cecelia, Angela, Agnes, Helena, Clara, Louis, Henry, and Joseph. In 1870, Phelan
left Sacramento for Europe, returning in 1876 to settle in San Francisco. He sold off much of his Sacramento property in 1889
and transferred ownership of the "Phelan tract" to his wife. The 142-acre tract was located off of J Street in what is now
East Sacramento. Dr. Phelan passed away in November 1902, and just prior to his death, Cecelia contacted Sacramento real estate
company Wright & Kimbrough regarding the sale of the property.
Charles Wright and Howard Kimbrough began selling agricultural property in Sacramento in 1893 and later planned and plotted
many residential tracts in the area. The Phelan land east of Sacramento was sold through Wright and Kimbrough in 1903 and
then parceled out into residential lots as part of the Tract 24 development.
This collection comprises one folder of correspondence from the Wright & Kimbrough real estate company, 1902-1903. The correspondence
concerns the sale of Cecelia Phelan's J Street ranch through Wright & Kimbrough and includes handwritten letters from Cecelia
and her son Louis Phelan and typewritten letters from Wright & Kimbrough. The letters discuss the sale of the property, including
logistical matters concerning the release of the current tenant.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Real estate development--California--Sacramento
East Sacramento (Calif.)
Sacramento (Calif.)
Phelan, Gregory
Phelan, Cecelia
Wright & Kimbrough