Guide to the Anthony Lewis Tasheira Papers, 1849-1860

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Guide to the Anthony Lewis Tasheira Papers, 1849-1860



California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

  • California History Room
  • California State Library
  • Library and Courts Building II
  • 900 N. Street, Room 200
  • P.O. Box 942837
  • Sacramento, California 94237-0001
  • Phone: (916) 654-0176
  • Fax: (916) 654-8777
  • Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
  • URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
Processed by:
The California State Library staff
Encoded by:
Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1999 California State Library. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Anthony Lewis Tasheira Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1849-1860
Box Number: 317-318
Collector: Tasheira, George
Repository: California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Anthony Lewis Tasheira Papers, California State Library.

Access Points

Gold mines and mining--California.
Real estate investment--California--San Francisco
Pioneers--California
Tasheira, Anthony Lewis

Biography

Anthony Lewis Tasheira was born in New York City on January 30, 1822. He came to California by ship in 1849 and mined for gold in the southern mines. In 1853, he went back to New York, returning to California with his family. He entered the banking firm of Drexel, Sather & Church in San Francisco and was a member of the Vigilance Committee of 1856. He died in San Francisco on April 13, 1860.

Correspondents

Major Correspondents

  • Tasheira, Anthony Lewis

Other Correspondents

  • Deming, John D.
  • Reed, Jas. A.
  • Sather, Peder
  • Tasheira, Charles
  • Tasheira, Eliza
  • Wanzer, John Jan

Material Transferred from the Collection

Book

  • Lee, Harriet Jane Kirtland. Journal of a trip through the Southern Mines... [n.d.] 2 vols. (CALIF** qB L4783)

Related Collections

Vigilance Collection, 1856.

Box Box 317

Correspondence 1838-1854

Box Box 318

Correspondence 1855-1886