Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Material Transferred from the Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Lillie Hitchcock Coit Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1865-1880
Box Number: Boxes 159-160
Collector:
Dressler, Albert, 1887-1960
Extent: 2 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
Publication Rights
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], Lillie Hitchcock Coit Collection, California State Library.
Access Points
Coit, Lillie Hitchcock, 1843-1929
Fire fighters--California--San Francisco
Coit, Howard
Contents
Autograph book, clippings, correspondence, journal, photographs, poetry, scrapbook, sketches.
Biography
Lillie Hitchcock Coit came to San Francisco with her parents in 1851. She became the mascot for the "Knickerbocker 5" fire
fighters and in 1863 an honorary member of the company. One third of her fortune was left to the city of San Francisco, and
using this money, Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill was constructed.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
Other Correspondents
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Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885.
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Hunter, Jane J.
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Hitchcock, Charles M.
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Reade, George
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Stanley, Edward
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Webb, Charles Henry, 1834-1905.
Material Transferred from the Collection
[Scrapbook]
- Coit, Lillie Hitchcock: Scrapbook of clippings relating to San Francisco fire companies, Benjamin Coit, Charles M. Hitchcock,
and poetry 1869-1888.
Photographs to picture file