Guide to the James L. Warren papers, 1846-1889

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Guide to the James L. Warren Papers, 1846-1889

Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 418

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Collection Summary

Collection Title: James L. Warren Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1846-1889
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 418
Creator: Warren, James L. L. F. (James Lloyd LaFayette), 1805-1896.
Extent: Number of containers: 18 boxes Linear feet: 7.5
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence, accounts, manuscripts and clippings. Relate mainly to Warren's activities as editor of the California Farmer. Also included are papers pertaining to the ship, Sweden, and the Sweden Mining Company, the Sacramento Railroad Company, the California State Agricultural Society and state fairs.
Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], James L. Warren papers, BANC MSS C-B 418, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Biography

James Lloyd LaFayette Warren, perhaps better known simply as Colonel Warren, was born at Brighton, Massachusetts on August 12, 1805. He began work as clerk in a dry goods store in Boston, and in 1822 served as supercargo in the employ of D. J. Kendall in Wilmington. Upon returning to Boston he again turned to the dry goods business. In the 1840s he established large horticultural gardens in Brighton, introducing the tomato and the tulip to Massachusetts. At this time he also laid out the private gardens of Henry W. Longfellow. Mr. Warren then went on a lecture tour of Europe, preaching Temperance. Late in 1848 he made preparations for going to California, forming the Sweden Mining Company and chartering the ship Sweden.
After farewell exercises held on February 28, 1849 at the Mariners Chapel in Boston, the Sweden under Captain Jesse Cotting sailed on March 1, 1849. An uneventful voyage brought the crew to San Francisco on August 5, 1849, and the company went straightway to the mines at North Fork and Mormon Island. Warren established stores catering to the needs of the miners in Sacramento, North Fork and Mormon Island, and relates that the intake was $300,000 in 1850. Under the auspices of the Sons of New England, Warren instituted the first Thanksgiving dinner in California on Nov. 30, 1850. In 1852 and 1853 Warren participated in the organization of the Sacramento Valley Railroad Company. When the mining fever died down somewhat, Warren went back to agriculture, and with John Frederick Morse founded the California Farmer, its first issue appearing on Jan. 6, 1854.
Also active in forming the California State Agricultural Society, he organized state and and county fairs. In 1855 Mr. Warren was commissioned Colonel by Governor Bigler and became a member of Sutters staff in 1856. He moved from Sacramento to San Francisco in 1857, continuing his work with the California Farmer, a prominent newspaper until 1865 when it slowly declined until it ceased altogether in October 1892. Of Col. Warren's later and personal life little is known or revealed by these papers. He died in 1896.

Scope and Content

The papers, from the Cowan collection, contain correspondence, manuscripts received as editor of the California Farmer, accounts, clippings, tickets and programs of social events in San Francisco. The correspondence and manuscripts relate mainly to the California Farmer. The accounts, chiefly of 1849 and 1850, reflect Warren's early efforts as a storekeeper. Some papers relate to the ship Sweden and activities of the mining company. Many printed items have been removed and catalogued separately.

Box 1:

Warren, James Lloyd Lafayette:

 

Outgoing correspondence, including drafts and copies. 45 letters, 1849-1877

Boxes 1-5:

Incoming correspondence.

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically, with single items in miscellanies for each letter of the alphabet. At the end of Box 5 is unidentified correspondence, letters from post offices concerning non-current subscriptions, and anonymous letters from subscribers. A partial list of correspondents will be found at the end of the report.
Boxes 6-11:

Manuscripts of articles and poems written for the California Farmer

Box 6:

Single items, A-Z (by author)

 

Manuscripts, A-S

 

Accolti, Michael L.

 

Akers, Elizabeth (Florence Percy)

 

Bay, Bertha

 

Butts, Joshua

 

Cadwell, O. N.

 

Canfield, Fanny A.

Box 7:

Frizzell, Mrs (Edith Montressor)

 

Glen, Mary

 

Hallenbeck, N. B.

 

Howk, Ondelle C.

 

Hutchison, Luna (Lillia D'Montana)

 

King, Katie

 

Merrill, Mary

 

Morse, James B.

 

Rich, George S. (Orient)

 

Sarles, Martin Andreas

Box 8:

Taylor, Alexander Smith:

 

Indianology

Box 9:

Condors of Chili and California

 

Grasshopper notes

 

A lost chronicle of early California settlement

 

Remnants of Cabrillos discovery voyage of 1542

 

Sketches of the natural his tory of California

 

Miscellaneous

Box 10:

Thompson, William (Agricola, Caleb Crusty, Rusticus):

 

Agricultural reviews and essays

 

Calistoga letters (clippings)

 

Competition essays for the California state agricultural society

 

Practical husbandry series

 

Rhymes for the times

 

Rural letters

 

Speculations on the weather

 

Miscellaneous

Box 11:

Manuscripts U-Z and unidentified authors, grouped wherever possible.

Box 12:

Miscellaneous items relating to the California Farmer: meteorological reports, race track items, notices, advertisements, subscription matters, etc.

 

California State Agricultural Society:

 

Minutes, resolutions, 1854-1857

 

Accounts

 

Lists

 

California state fair:

 

Premiums

 

Speeches

 

Miscellaneous

 

County agricultural societies, A-Z

 

County fairs - miscellaneous tickets, etc.

Box 13:

Early papers

 

Passport, Feb. 28, 1849

 

Ship Sweden:

 

prospectus (draft in Warrens handwriting)

 

agreements

 

rules and regulations

 

passenger list

 

meetings and transactions

 

accounts

 

Authorizations for Warren to collect mail, 1849-1850

 

Thanksgiving, 1850: invitations, tickets, menu, accounts.

 

Sacramento Valley Railroad Co., 1852-1853:

 

Articles of association, with list of subscribers

 

Draft of report on loaalities

 

Accounts, 1852-1853

 

Lists

 

Indian reservations, 1854-1855:

 

Reports on activities in Sebastian Military Reserve, Fresno Indian Farm, Nome Lackee Indian Reservation

 

Miscellaneous legal papers:

 

Deeds for property in Sacramento, 1851-1853 (6 items)

 

Lease for office space, 1850-1854 (4 items)

 

Subpoenas, etc.

 

Agreements

 

Biographical notes on Warren

Boxes 14-15:

Accounts, 1846-1863 (Bulk of accounts is 1849-1850)

Box 14:

Loose accounts, arranged alphabetically, A-Z.

see List of Loose Accounts

Box 15:

Accounts

 

v. 1-11, accounts, Jan. 1850-July 1851

 

Notes, 1849-1864, 32 items

 

Shipping receipts, 1847-1862:

 

Antelope (steamer). 1852-1853 (9 items)

 

Arrow (steamer). 1853 (2 items)

 

California (bark). Mar. 17, 1847(1 item)

 

Camanche (steamer). 1852-1854 (5 items)

 

Captain Sutter (steamer). April 20, 1854 (1 item)

 

Cohota (ship). 1852 (4 items)

 

Columbia (steamer). 1853 (3 items)

 

Confidence (steamer). 1851-1853 (10 items)

 

Cornelia (steamer). Oct. 17, 1854 (1 item)

 

Eclipse (steamer). Dec. 26, 1854(1 item)

 

El Dorado (steamer). 1850 (3 items)

 

Eliza (bark). 1849-1850 (3 items)

 

Georgiana (steamer). Jan. 6, 1855 (1 item)

 

Gold Hunter (steamer). 1850 (3 items)

 

Golden Gate (steamer). 1854 (2 items)

 

Governor Dana (steamer). Mar. 3, 1854 (1 item)

 

Guadalupe (steamer). 1853-1854 (2 items)

 

H. T. Clay (steamer). 1851-1853 (3 items)

 

Hannah Thornton (ship). Sept. 27, 1852 (1 item)

 

Hartford (steamer). 1850 (6 items)

 

J. Bragdon (steamer). 1852-1854 (3 items)

 

Jenny Lind (steamer). Mar. 12, 1853 (1 item)

 

John Dunlap (schooner). 1849 (2 items)

 

Joseph Hewett (schooner). Nov. 1849 (1 item)

 

L. M. Yale (schooner). Jan. 22, 1853 (1 item)

 

Lallah Rook (schooner). Apr. 4, 1852 (1 item)

 

McKim (steamer). 1849-1850 (12 items)

 

Malay (ship). Sept. 13, 1852 (1 item)

 

Napa City (steamer). 1854 (2 items)

 

New World (steamer). 1850-1862 (11 items)

 

Patuxent (schooner). 1849 (2 items)

 

Peytona (steamer). Mar. 7, 1854 (1 item)

 

Queen City (steamer). 1858-1860 (5 items)

 

Rambler (steamer). Nov. 30, 1860 (1 item)

 

Senator (steamer). 1849-1854 (18 items)

 

Sophie McLane (steamer). 1859-1862 (4 items)

 

Thomas Hart (steamer). 1853-1854 (3 items)

 

Urilda (steamer). 1852-1854 (3 items)

 

West Point (steamer). Nov. 7, 1852 (1 item)

 

Wilson G. Hunt (steamer). 1852-1853 (11 items)

 

Winged Arrow (ship). Aug. 3, 1852 (1 item)

 

Zealous (bark). Nov. 14, 1849 (1 item)

 

Papers relating to taxes, 1850-1864:

 

Licenses for Sacramento and San Francisco (13 items)

 

Poll tax receipts, 1853-1864 (5 items)

 

Sacramento city and county taxes, 1850-1857 (10 items)

 

San Francisco city and county taxes, 1859-1861 (2 items)

 

Cancelled checks, 1853-1859 (6 items)

 

Sight drafts, 1853-1866 (5 items)

 

Court Costs, 1853 (4 items)

 

Miscellaneous

Boxes 16-17:

Clippings, roughly sorted into subject groups.

Box 16:

A-M

Box 17:

N-Z

 

Miscellaneous

Box 18:

Invitations

 

Tickets

 

Calling cards, etc.

 

Miscellaneous


 

Adams & Co.

 

13 items, 1852-1855

 

Atlantic and Pacific Express Company

 

4 items, 1855-1857

 

B - Miscellany

 

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890

 

1 item, Oct. 29, 1851

 

Billings, Bolton & Halleck

 

2 items, 1852

 

Brannan (Samuel) & Co.

 

10 items, 1849-1855

 

Brown, S. S.

 

4 items, 1849

 

C - Miscellany

 

Cohen, Alfred A., 1827-1887

 

1 item, Dec. 23, 1850

 

Coleman (William Tell) & Co.

 

1 item, Oct. 5, 1861

 

California State Agricultural Society

 

4 items, 1861-1865

 

Child, Thomas C.

 

2 items, 1849

 

Clark & Milne

 

11 items, 1850

 

Collins, Cushman & Co.

 

3 items, 1849

 

Crowley, Dudley & McDowell

 

4 items, 1849-1850

 

Fay, Caleb T.

 

4 items, 1849-1850

 

Galusha, E. C.

 

2 items, 1849

 

Gelston (Roland) & Co.

 

4 items, 1849-1850

 

Gregory's express

 

2 items, 1852

 

H - Miscellany

 

Haggin, Latham & Monson

 

1 item, Mar. 24, 1851

 

Hittell, John Sherzer, 1825-1901

 

1 item, Nov. 29, 1853

 

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900

 

1 item, May 12, 1852

 

Hartford Mining Company

 

2 items, 1849

 

Hawley, Sterling & Co.

 

12 items, 1849-1850

 

J - Miscellany

 

Johnson, John Neely, 1825-1872

 

1 item, Mar. 22, 1850

 

Jessup, R. M.

 

3 items, 1849-1850

 

Jewett & Melhado

 

3 items, 1849-1850

 

Kewen, Edward John Cage, 1825-1879

 

2 items, 1852-1854

 

Kogh (S. ) & Maynard

 

2 items, 1849

 

Ladd William

 

2 items, 1849

 

Lady Adams Co.

 

4 items, 1850-1852

 

Latham, Milton Slocum, 1827-1882

 

7 items, 1851-1853

 

McClure (C. F. ) & Co.

 

4 items, 1849

 

McCondray & Co.

 

2 items, 1849

 

Martin & Gregg

 

5 items, 1849-1850

 

Meiggs, Henry, 1811-1877

 

2 items, 1853-1854

 

Mellus, Howard and Co.

 

14 items, 1849-1850

 

Minguet (Ricard) & Co.

 

7 items, 1850

 

N - Misce11any

 

Noble, Augustus

 

1 item, Oct. 25, 1850

 

Nugent, John

 

2 items, 1853

 

P - Miscellany

 

Page, Bacon & Co.

 

1 item, Jan. 22, 1855

 

Payne (Theodore) & Co.

 

1 item, July 16, 1853

 

R - Miscellany

 

Rassette House

 

1 item, Mar. 20, 1853

 

S - Miscellany

 

Seneca mining co.

 

1 item, Nov. 14, 1849

 

Sutter, John Augustus, 1826-1897

 

1 item, June 24, 1850

 

Simmons, Hutchinson & Co.

 

8 items, 1849-1850

 

Starr, J. B.

 

10 items, 1850

 

Stevens, G. B.

 

4 items, 1849

 

T - Miscellany

 

Taylor, Alexander Smith, 1817-1876

 

1 item, June 11, 1854

 

Tehama House, San Francisco

 

1 item, 1853

 

Wardle (George S. ) & Co.

 

8 items, 1849-1850

 

Wells, Fargo & Co.

 

10 items, 1851-1861

 

Zoller, John A.

 

11 items, 1859


 

Accolti, Michael I., d. 1878

 

11 letters, 1859-1876. Some letters contain information about Santa Clara College.

See also manuscripts in Box 6.

 

Adams & Co.

 

6 letters, 1847-1855. From offices in San Francisco, Shasta, Columbia, Calif., and New York.

 

Akers, Elizabeth, 1832-1911

 

2 letters, 1858. Written under pseudonym of Florence Percy.

See also poems in Box 6.

 

Alameda County agricultural society

 

2 letters, 1861.

See also letters of Frank Fargo.

 

B - Miscellany

 

Baily, T.

 

1 letter, Apr. 20, 1856. Description of trip from San Francisco to Sebastopol

 

Battles, William Ward

 

1 letter, n.d. Re rice growing in California.

 

Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882

 

1 letter, Jan. 30, 1863

 

Benton, Joseph Augustine, 1818-1892

 

1 letter, May 28, 1887

 

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890

 

1 letter, Oct. 2, 1854. Addressed to F. W. Macondray and others of the California State Agricultural Society.

 

Bird, Isaac

 

1 letter, May 15, 1854. Re founding of an agricultural society in San Jose.

 

Blackburn, William, 1814-1867

 

1 letter, Sept. 2, 1857

 

Bonté, John Harmon C., d. 1896

 

1 letter, Mar. 21, 1883. Addressed to the Mechanic Institute, San Francisco. Written as Secretary to the Board of Regents, University of California.

 

Bradshaw, L. C.

 

1 letter, Mar. 3, 1858. Re emigration from Boston and the East to California.

 

Browne, John Ross, 1821-1875

 

1 letter, Aug. 24, 1864.

 

Beach, G. H.

 

4 letters, 1855-1857. Concerning agricultural society in Marysville.

 

Beals, H. Channing

 

3 letters, 1855-1856. Nov. 14, 1856 letter written from the Executive rooms of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance concerning membership certificates

 

Beard, E. L.

 

4 letters, 1852-1860

 

Berry, Richard N.

 

3 letters, 1866

 

Bidwell, John, 1819-1900

 

9 letters, 1858-1867. Mainly relating to agricultural topics. Sept. 27, 1867 letter re Bidwell's political views.

 

Bigler, John, 1804-1871

 

4 letters, 1852-1862. Letter of Mar. 10, 1858 re cultivation of alfalfa and wheat in Chile. Letter of Jan. 6, 1862 re llamas, alpacas, vicu$as and Huanaco of Peru.

See also letter of Samuel Norris.

 

Bingham, Alonzo L.

 

10 letters, 1860-1861. Re sheep-raising.

 

Boardman, Bacon & Co.

 

6 letters, 1850-1851

 

Brannan, Samuel, 1819-1889

 

3 letters, 1856-1889. 1856 letter written for Samuel Brannan by John Brannan

 

Brayton, H. C.

 

3 letters, 1855-1856. Letter of November 1856 contains an account of the Mendocino Indian Reservation.

 

Bright, S. B.

 

2 letters, 1860-1861. 1861 letter re Cumberland College in Sonoma.

 

Butts, Joshua

 

37 letters, 1857-1860.

See also manuscripts in Box 6.

 

C - Miscellany

 

Capron, Horace, 1804-1885

 

1 letter, Sept. 16, 1874

 

C1ary, Robert Emmet, 1805-1890

 

1 letter, Mar. 1855

 

Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872

 

1 letter, Oct. 30, 1859

 

Cram, Rogers & Co.

 

1 letter, Jan. 1, 1855

 

Crosby, Elisha Oscar, 1818-1895

 

1 letter, Jan. 22, 1856

 

Cadwell, O. N.

 

11 letters, 1856-1861. Concerning farming in Michigan and California.

See also manuscripts in Box 6.

 

California labor exchange, San Francisco

 

2 letters, 1868. Statement of objects and services of the exchange. Written by H. C. Bennett, Secretary of the exchange.

 

California state agricultural society

 

12 letters, 1854-1872. Some are printed form letters.

See also file on Agricultural societies in Box 14.

 

Canfield, Fanny A.

 

2 letters, 1858-1862. 1862 letter gives an account of the flood in Monterey Co.

See also manuscripts in Box 6

 

Carr, Jesse Douglas

 

4 letters, 1854-1859

 

Clayton, J. E.

 

3 letters, 1856-1857. 1857 letters re quartz mining.

 

Cole, Cornelius, 1822-1924

 

3 letters, 1866-1869

 

Coleman, William Tell, 1824-1893

 

2 letters, 1857-1862

 

Contra Costa agricultural society

 

2 letters, 1860-1861. 1861 letter is printed form letter.

 

Cooper, Elias Samuel, 1820-1862

 

3 letters, 1856

 

Cotting, Jesse G.

 

10 letters, 1849. Concerning mining contract and the ship Sweden.

See also material relating to the ship and to the mining company in Box 13.

 

Crane, G. B.

 

2 letters, 1861. Concerning cultivation of vineyards in St. Helena, California.

 

D - Miscellany

 

Den, Richard Somerset

 

1 letter, Mar. 6, 1860

 

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861

 

1 letter, Feb. 7, 1856

 

Deseret agricultural and manufacturing society

 

1 letter, Mar. 14, 1864. Signed by Wilford Woodruff.

 

Doble, Abner, 1829-

 

1 letter, June 19, 1859

 

Dewey, Squire Pierce, 1818-

 

2 letters, 1857

 

Diehl, Israel S.

 

5 letters, 1860-1864

 

Evans, John, 1812-1861

 

2 letters, Nov. 21, 1854. 1854 letter is copy only.

 

F - Miscellany

 

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

 

1 letter, Feb. 26, 1860

 

Frisbie, John B., 1823-

 

1 letter, June 6, 1860

 

Fargo, Frank F.

 

4 letters, 1857-1859. Concerning need for and establishment of the Alameda Co. Agricultural Society. 1859 letter written as Treasurer of the Society.

See also letters of the Alameda Agricultural Society.

 

Farnham, Eliza W., 1815-1864

 

4 letters, 1856-1859

 

Farnham, Mrs. Thomas Jefferson

see Farnham, Eliza W.

 

Flatt, C. J.

 

5 letters, 1857. Re Benicia College

 

G -Miscellany

 

Grayson, Frances,

 

1 letter, Feb. 12, 1854

 

Gregory, Joseph W.

 

1 letter, Apr. 14, 1852

 

Gillespie, Archibald H., 1813-1873

 

2 letters, 1855-856

 

Grayson, Andrew Jackson

 

8 letter, 1856-1867. Re birds, especially in Mexico and Baja California.

 

Greenweood, Grace

see Lippincott, Sarah Jane (Clarke), 1823-1904

 

H -Miscellany

 

Haggin, Latham & Monson

 

1 letter, Mar. 12, 1857. In writing of M. S. Latham.

 

Hallowell, Richard Price, 1835-1904

 

1 letter, Oct. 28, 1861

 

Hanks, Henry G.

 

1 letter, Sept. 1, 1879

 

Hanson, George M., d. 1878

 

1 letter, Jan. 12, 1857

 

Heutsch, H.

 

1 letter, Nov. 24, 1856. In French. Concerning culture of the silkworm in California.

 

Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870

 

1 letter, Aug. 30, 1852

 

Hittell, John Sherzer, 1825-1901

 

1 letter, Dec. 3, 1853

 

Hubbs, Paul K., 1800-1874

 

1 letter, Oct. 28, 1853

 

Hallidie, Andrew Smith, 1836-1900

see Mechanics Institute, San Francisco

 

Haraszthy, Arpad

 

11 letters, 1861-1863. Mainly re viticulture in Europe and in California.

See also manuscripts in Box 6

 

Horner, John M.

 

8 letters, 1853-1872

 

Howard, William Davis Merry, ca. 1819-1856

 

3 letters, 1850-1851.

See also letters of Howard & Green

 

Howard & Green

 

3 letters, 1850.

See also letters of William Davis Merry Howard.

 

I-J - Miscellany

 

Jacks, David, 1822-1909

 

1 letter, Sept. 1, 1856

 

Jacks, Pulaski

 

1 letter, May 13, 1856

 

Jenkins, J. H.

 

2 letters, 1862. Containing information about Tahiti.

 

Kewen, Edward John Cage, 1825-1879

 

6 letters, 1850-1853

 

King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1863

 

3 letters, 1860-1862

 

L - Miscellany

 

Lee, William Little, 1821-1857

 

1 letter, Nov. 17, 1853

 

Longworth, Nicholas, 1782-1863

 

1 letter, Jan. 3, 1857. Concerning strawberries and grapes.

 

Low, Frederic Ferdinand, 1828-1894

 

1 letter, Dec. 26, 1862

 

Lynch, Mary (Atkins), 1820-1882

 

1 letter, May 1, 1855

 

LaChapelle, A. de

 

2 letters, 1856. Concerning beet-sugar.

 

Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858

 

2 letters, 1852-1854

 

Latham, Milton Slocum, 1827-1882

 

2 letters, 1852-1856.

See also Haggin, Latham & Monson

 

Letcher, W. S.

 

6 letters, 1854. Concerning legislature for California state agricultural society.

 

Lippincott, Sarah Jane (Clarke), 1823-1904

 

11 letters, 1857-1858. 1857 letter written for Mrs. Lippincott by her husband, Leander K. Lippincott. Letters written as Grace Greenwood.

 

M - Miscellany

 

McKinstry, Justus, ca. 1821-1897

 

1 letter, Feb. 26, 1853

 

McLean, John T.

 

1 letter, Dec. 3, 1856. Re culture of sorghum.

 

Mathers, James, 1790-1870

 

1 letter, Sept. 17, 1852

 

Meiggs, Henry, 1811-1877

 

1 letter, Feb. 28, 1877

 

Mellus, Francis, d. 1863

 

1 letter, Apr. 29, 1856

 

Miles, B. F.

 

1 letter, Mar. 26, 1857

 

Mills, Darius Ogden, 1825-1910

 

1 letter, 1851

 

Moore, George R.

 

1 letter, Mar. 8, 1860. Re Warrens property in Sacramento.

 

Moulton, B. F.

 

1 letter, n.d.

 

Mechanics institute, San Francisco

 

10 letters, 1855-1886. 1864 letter signed by Andrew Smith Hallidie, as secretary. Four printed form letters.

 

Mellus, Howard & Co.

 

3 letters, 1850.

See also accounts in Box 15.

 

Morse, John Frederick, 1815-1874

 

4 letters, 1853.

See also copy of speech read for California state fair, in Box 14.

 

N -Miscellany

 

Naglee, Henry Morris, 1815-1886

 

1 letter, June 28, 1884

 

Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880

 

1 letter, 1873

 

Nugent, John

 

1 letter, n.d.

 

Norris, Samuel

 

2 letters, 1858. Includes copy of a letter from Gov. Pigler to Norris re cultivation of alfalfa in Chile.

 

P - Miscellany

 

Parker, Albert

 

1 letter, Oct. 4, 1849

 

Prince, William Robert, 1795-1869

 

1 letter, Aug. 10, 1859

 

Purdy, Samuel

 

1 letter, May 11, 1854

 

Peck, George H.

 

2 letters, 1854-1858. 1854 letter includes letter from Mrs. Peck. 1858 letter describes voyage to Acapulco in steerage.

 

Percy, Florence

see Akers, Elizabeth, 1832-1911

 

Pickett, Charles E., d. ca. 1880

 

5 letters, 1857

 

Post, Gabriel B.

 

2 letters, 1854-1856. 1854 letter signed G. B. Post & Co.

 

R - Miscellany

 

Reading, Pierson Barton, 1816-1868

 

1 letter, Jan. 21, 1854

 

Republican party. California. State central committee

 

1 letter, July 7, 1879. Form letter.

 

Rhodes, Mary W.

 

1 letter, May 14, 1857

 

Robinson, Tod

 

1 letter, Apr. 2, 1858

 

Rowland, John

 

1 letter, July 25, 1852

 

S - Miscellany

 

Sacramento water works

 

1 letter, Apr. 11, 1854

 

San Francisco carriers' union association

 

1 letter, n.d.

 

Semple, C. D.

 

1 letter, Aug. 21, 1856

 

Squier, Ephraim George, 1821-1888

 

1 letter, July 15, 1860

 

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

 

1 letter, Jan. 29, 1864

 

Starkey, Janion & Co.

 

1 letter, Aug. 10, 1850. To James Tate.

 

Stearns, Robert Edward Carter, 1827-1909

 

1 letter, July 1, 1875

 

San Francisco. Odd fellows' library association

 

2 letters, 1866-1868

 

Sarles, Martin Andreas

 

10 letters, 1857-1870.

See also manuscripts in Box 7.

 

Snyder, Jacob R., 1813-1878

 

2 letters, 1853-1855

 

Sonoma county agricultural and mechanics society

 

2 letters, 1855-1859. 1859 is form letter.

 

Spence, David, 1798-1875

 

3 letters, 1852-1854

 

Strentzel, John Theophil

 

6 letters, 1854-1861

 

Sutter, Emil Victor, d. 1883

 

4 letters, 1852-1874

 

Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

 

18 letters, 1852-1860

 

Taylor, Alexander Smith

 

129 letters, 1854-1865. Concerning publication of his works, Grasshoppers, Indianology, etc. in the California Farmer, and re subscriptions for the Farmer.

See also manuscripts in Boxes 8-9.

 

Thompson, William

 

13 letters, 1856-1858. Some signed "Agricola".

See also manuscripts in Box 10.

 

Vallejo, Mariano Guadulupe, 1807-1890

 

2 letters, 1853

 

W - Miscellany

 

Ward, Charles T.

 

1 letter, July 1, 1850

 

Waymire, James A.

 

1 letter, Jan. 6, 1870

 

Wheeler, O. C.

 

1 letter, n.d.

 

Woodbridge, S.

 

1 letter, Dec. 18, 1877

 

Walthall, Madison

 

2 letters, 1854-1856. 1854 letter addressed to John Frederic Morse.

 

Walthall, Madison (son)

 

10 letters, 1855-1856. Mainly signed as "Colfon"

 

Weber, Charles Maria, 1814-1881

 

4 letters, 1855-1863. 3 letters written and signed for Weber by Julius George.

 

Weller, John B., 1812-1875

 

3 letters, 1857-1863

 

Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1798-1886

 

5 letters, 1856-1882. One undated letter, copy only.

 

Williams, H.

 

61 letters, 1850-1852. Re store kept for Warren on Mormon Island.

 

Winslow, C. F.

 

12 letters, 1854-1861

 

Yount, George Calvert, 1794-1865

 

3 letters, 1852-1855