Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Jerome C. Davis Collection,
- Dates:
- 1843-1865
- Creators:
- Davis, Jerome C., 1822-1881
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Jerome C. Davis Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Business papers, certificates, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Came to California with John C. Fremont's expedition in 1845. Owned the Laguna de Santos Calle rancho, and planted wheat on 13,000 acres. The town of Davis was started on his land and was named for him.
- Physical description:
- 1 box
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
-
Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State 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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Jerome C. Davis Collection, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176