Guide to the Belcher and Belcher Collection, 1864-1871

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Guide to the Belcher and Belcher Collection, 1864-1871



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: Belcher and Belcher Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1864-1871
Box Number: 1420
Creator: Belcher and Belcher
Repository: California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language: English.

Administrative Information

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[Identification of item], Belcher and Belcher Collection, California State Library.

Access Points

Belcher and Belcher
Belcher, Isaac S., 1825-1898
Belcher, William C., 1821-1895
Lawyers-California-Marysville

Contents

Correspondence to the law firm of Belcher and Belcher in Marysville, Yuba County, California.

History

Belcher and Belcher was a law firm in Marysville, Yuba County, California. Partners, William C. and Isaac S. Belcher were brothers born in Vermont. Isaac came to California in 1853 and settled in Marysville where he opened a law practice. His brother, William, joined him in 1856.
Isaac became district attorney in 1855 and a district judge in 1863. He served a term as a justice of the California Supreme Court in 1872-1874. He was vice-president of the California Constitutional Convention in 1879 and Commissioner of the Supreme Court from 1885 until his death in San Francisco in 1898. He was a California State Library trustee and a trustee of Stanford University.
William C. Belcher left Marysville and went into law practice in San Francisco in 1875. He was Grand Master of Masons in California , 1862-1865 and was elected Grand Commander of Knights Templar in 1864. He died in San Francisco in 1895.

Correspondents

Major Correspondents

  • Redding, B. B.

Other Correspondents

  • Ball, Chester.
  • Bates, Asher B.
  • Belcher, I.saac S., 1825-1899.
  • Black, I. W.
  • Boruck, M. D.
  • Bowers and Kelly
  • Brumagin, J. W.
  • Cadwalader, George
  • Callow, N. W.
  • Cleaveland, H. W.
  • Coutes, W.
  • Covey, Cwh.
  • Daggett, D. O.
  • Decker, Peter.
  • Eldridge & Thompson
  • Ferris, James H.
  • Finkler, __________
  • Haven, James M.
  • Haymond & Stratton
  • Hogarth, Henry
  • Hundley, P. O.
  • Keyes, Z. W.
  • Kuhlman, John.
  • Laine, T. H.
  • Lathrop, H. B.
  • Laurence, E. A.
  • McFadden, Thomas.
  • Mastick, E. B.
  • Nutter, Evan
  • Peirce, Galen A.
  • Sharkey, ______
  • Sharp, S. W.
  • Simpson, J. O.
  • Underwood & Noetting
  • [Unknown], A. Paul
  • [Unknown], D.
  • [Unknown], O. P.
  • Utter, John N.
  • Whitney, Sumner
  • Wilder, J. H.
  • Wurd, John S.

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Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.