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Correspondents
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Ephraim W. Morse Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1849-1906
Box Number: Part I: 248-272
Part II: 273-274, 382-392
Creator:
Morse, Ephraim W., 1823-1906
Extent: 38 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ephraim W. Morse Papers, California State Library.
Access Points
Bee culture--California--History
Merchandising--California--History
Mines and mining--California
San Diego Gila Southern Pacific and Atlantic Railroad
Shipping--California--History
Morse, Ephraim W., 1823-1906
Contents
Correspondence, account books, legal papers, express and shipping receipts, Spanish and Mexican documents relating to mines
in lower California.
Biography
Ephraim W. Morse was born in Amesbury, Mass., October 16, 1823. He arrived in San Francisco July 5, 1849, mined for a short
time then moved to San Diego where he was in the general merchandise business. In 1869 he moved from Old San Diego to New
Town. His first wife was Lydia A. Gray and his second wife was Mary C. Walker, a teacher. He died January 17, 1906.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
Part I
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Anderson, Theodore F.
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Bartlett, Henry W.
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Chase, Andrew J.
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Couts, Cave Johnson, 1821-1874.
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De Blois and Company
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Eddy, E. W.
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Ferrell, William C.
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H. H. Bancroft and Company.
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Hammond, J. F.
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Harrison, J. T.
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Hayes, Edward
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Hoffman, David B.
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Holmes, A. C.
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Hooper, George F.
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Jaeger, L. J.
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Johnson, George Alonzo, 1824-1903.
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Katz, Marcus
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Laine, R. W.
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Larroque, Jose Maria
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McKinstry, George, Jr.
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Martorell, Joaquin
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Meyer, Francisco R.
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Morse, Charles Osgood
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Phelan, Jeremiah
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Pico, Magdalena Bacay
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Porter, R. K.
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Raimond, R. E.
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Serrano, Rafael
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Slocum, C. C.
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Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871.
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Tannahill, George
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Tebbetts, G. P.
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Webb, H.
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Whaley, Thomas, 1823-1890.
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Winder, William A.
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Witherby, Oliver S.
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Zerega, Cecilio
Other Correspondents
Part I
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A. L. Bancroft & Company.
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Adams, A. V.
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Aguilar, Gavino
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Aguilar, Maria Antonia Alvarez de
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Allyn, John
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Alvarado, Diego
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Alvarez, Santa Maria
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Amador, F. J.
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Amador, Loreto
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Ames, J[ohn] Judson
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Ames, Julian
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Ames, Samuel A.
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Anderson, J[ames] A.
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Anderson, William
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Annubar, C
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Anthony, James and Company
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Arce, Gregorio
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Arguello, F.
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Arguello, J. A.
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Arguello, S.
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Ashcroft, Robert
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Ayer, Washington.
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Azbill, John
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B. D. Wilson and Son
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Baldwin, Andrew H.
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Balensuela [?], Remedios
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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918.
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Bandini, Jose Ma.
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Banning, Alcide
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Banning, Phineas
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Barnes, George W.
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Barragas, M.
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Battaile, T. G.
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Beans, M. H.
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Belknap, Augustus
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Bensley, John
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Benzen, G. A.
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Bernard S. Fox and Company
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Blackburn, Hester
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Blake, S. B.
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Blake, Theodore A.
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Blanchard, H. Charles
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Bleecker, John R.
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Bonn, Charles
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Bourne, E. W.
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Bradfield, John W.
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Brady, Thomas
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Bragg, B. F.
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Breed and Chase
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Breed, Daniel C.
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Breed, Daniel N.
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Briggs, Samuel E.
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Brill, F. L.
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Brinley, Charles H.
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Buckingham, W. H.
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Buddivent, P. Lucien
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Bunker, Greaves and Company
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Burbank, Caleb
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Burnham, Horace
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Burr, Edward
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Burris, James M.
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Burton, H. S.
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Bush, Thomas W.
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Caffer, Ja. Leroy
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Campbell, N. H.
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Campbell, Smith
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Cant, William
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Cargill, Andrew Hays
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Carrillo, P. C.
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Carruth, John
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Carter, Joseph
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Casserly, Eugene, 1823-1883
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Castro, Jose
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Caswell and Ellis
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Chacon, Jose
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Chapin, J. H.
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Chapman, A. B.
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Chase, Andrew J., Mrs.
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Chase, D. C.
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Chase, Levi
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Cheeseman, D[avid] W.
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Cheney, Mrs.
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Cheney, A. J.
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Cheney, George A.
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Cheney, Richard
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Chinn, J. B.
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Church, J. S.
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Cissna, John C.
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Clark, E. A.
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Clarke, Charles Russell
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Clarke, F. D.
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Clayford, Henry
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Clayton, Henry
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Cleveland, D.
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Cleveland, W. H.
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Cole, Cornelius, 1822-1924
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Collins, John
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Collins, S. J.
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Collins, T. B.
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Cook, Jefferson
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Cook, O. P.
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Cooper, J. G.(James Graham), 1830-1902
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Cota, Manuel
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Courtier, J. P.
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Couts, Blunt
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Couts, William B.
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Crafts, Nellie W.
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Crane and Perkins
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Creighton, W. H.
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Cronise, Titus Fey
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Cummings, R. M.
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Darkard, A.
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Darnall, Thomas R.
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Davenport, John A.
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Davis, H. T.
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Davis, W. T.
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De Forest, Joseph
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Dennis, S. W.
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De Wolf, Charles H.
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De Wolf, E. A. H.
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De Wolf, E. A. H., Mrs.
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Dirking, August.
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Dodge, J. W.
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Dodson, N. H.
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Donohue, James
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Douglas, John C.
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Dow, John B.
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Doyle, John Thomas, 1819-1906
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Doyle, R. E.
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[Drown?], E.
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Duarte, Pedro
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Dufour, Fred
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Dunn, Isaac
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Dunn, J.
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Dwinelle, John W. (John Whipple), 1816-1881
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Dye, J. M.
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Eastman, C. A.
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Eberhart, Adolph
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Edgars, William F.
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Edmunds, Eugene
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Ellis, Moses and Company
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Emery Brothers
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Ensworth, A. S.
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Epperson, B. H.
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Espinosa, Jose L.
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Fairbanks, Harry
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Felis, Manuel
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Felsenheld, D.
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Fernandez, Manuel
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Ferren, Manuel A.
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Findley, John
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Fisher, F. W.
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Fisher, Frederick W.
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Flanagan, Peter J.
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Flint, Bixby and Company
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Forbes, Alexander, 1778-1862
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Forbes, J. A.
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Forbes, Michael
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Forster, John
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Francis, J.
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Franklin, Dewitt C.
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Franklin, Maurice A.
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Gaen, L.
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Garcia, J. S.
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Garner, Ignatius
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Gatewood, William Jeff.
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Geddes, George
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George A. Johnson and Company
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George F. Hooper and Company
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Getchell, James R.
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Gilbert, Luther
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Gillette, J. W.
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Glasby, Milton L.
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Goddard and Company
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Godoy, Jose A.
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Goldman, I. A.
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Gould, O. W.
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Graeten, E.
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Grand, Emilio
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Grant, A. S.
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Grant, "Captain"
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Grant, John D.
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Grassie, George
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Greene, Heath and Allen
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Groom, R. W.
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Guerrero, Juan B.
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Gurnee, Clinton.
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Haberly, Bertha H.
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Hackett, I. W.
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Hackett, S. W.
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Hackett, Warren
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Haight, Lansing
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Haley, G.
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Hall, John
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Hall, W. F.
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Hamilton, John.
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Handbury, Thomas H.
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Harris, Robert L.
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Hartshorne, Benjamin M.
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Haskin, J. W.
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Hatcher, J. L.
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Hauck, Louis
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Hawley and Company
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Haycock, George
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Hayes, Benjamin Ignatuis, 1815-1877
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Hayes, J. Chauncey
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Hayes, John B.
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Hayes, John C.
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Hedges, George M.
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Hentsch and Berton
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Heron, James Cashier
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Heuck, Ed
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Hinchman, A.
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Hinton, F.
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Hinton, Frank
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Hinton, Hooper and Company
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Hoel, C.
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Hoffman, H.
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Hollister, J. W.
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Hooper, Whiting and Company
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Hooper, William B.
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Hooper, William S.
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Hope and Company
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Horton, A[lonzo] E.
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Hoskins, Samuel
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Hunter, Morton C.
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Huse, Charles Enoch, 1825-1898
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Hyde, George
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Hyde, John B.
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Ingraham, William W.
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J. J. Creed and Company
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Jacobs, Lewis
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Jacobs, M. I.
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James, William
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Jenkins, J. H.
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Jenkins, John D.
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Jerome, Pascoe and Company
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Jerome, T. F.
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Johnson, Mrs.
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Johnson, C. A.
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Johnson, Charles R.
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Johnson, E. A.
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Johnson, H. C.
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Johnson, J. A.
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Johnson, Joseph J.
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Johnson, Joseph S.
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Jones, Mrs.
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Jones and Keene
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Jones, J. A.
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Jones, S. A.
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Josephi, Isaac S.
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Judd and Brother
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Keen, A. J.
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Keighler, William H.
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Kelly, Robert
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Kenniston, A. M.
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Keppisch, Ed
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Kimble, Cyrus
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Klapproth, Godfried
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Kuhlman, John A.
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Kurtz, Daniel Brown
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Ladd, H. C.
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La Grange, M.
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Lambert, Thomas G.
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Landen, James K.
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Langenberger, A.
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Larroque, P. M.
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Lassotor [?], J. R.
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Lasueta, Francisco
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Latoure, Gart.[?]
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Lawles, John
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Lee, John A. C.
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Leighton, William H.
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Lichtenberg, A.
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Libby, W. E.
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Linton, C. H.
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Linton, R. H.
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Locke and Montague
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Loomis, Ole L.
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Lopez, Lino
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Lopez, Petra
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Lucien N. Handy and Company
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Luckett, A. W.
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Luco, Juan W.
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Lyons, George
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McAleer, C. B.
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McCarren, Michel
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McCoy, James.
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McDonald, I. G.
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McGilvray, Maria
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Machado, Bernabe
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Machado, Manuel
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McNulty, J.
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Magee, Henry.
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Magee, John
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Main and Winchester
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Mannassee, H.
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Mannassee, Joseph S.
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Mannasee, Moses
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Mansilla, Augustin
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Marcherseault, D.
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Margetson and Waite
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Marshall, Cyrus
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Martin, B. W.
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Martinez, Manuel
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Maxcy, A. E.
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Meeker, S. H.
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Meier, H.
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Meier, J. A.
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Meoly, William A.
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Mendosa, Juan
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Meyer, William and Company
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Milatovich, A.
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Miles, Edward
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Milhan, John J.
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Mill Co., S. D.
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Mills, W. H.
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Minter, J. S.
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Minturn, W. B.
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Molitor, August
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Mooney, Robert G.
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Moore, Samuel W.
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Morehead, J. C.
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Moreno, Jose
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Moreno, Jose de Jesus
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Moreno, Jose Mattas
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Moreno, Maria de Jesus
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Morgan, C. B.
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Morgan, Rufus
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Morrow, W. S.
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Moss, William
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Myers, A. P.
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Nash, J.
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Nelson, Samuel A.
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Nichols, James
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Noyes, E. S.
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O'Donnell, James
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Olvera, Augustin
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O'Neill, Patrick
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Orr, George
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Osborne, Frank
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Ossuen, Julio
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Pacific Pump Manufacturing Company
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Packard, Alvin
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Palmes, Amanda E.
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Pascoe, James
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Pease, Charles E.
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Perkins, James E.
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Pettingell, Amos
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Pike, Thomas
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Pinney, E.
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Pixley, Frank M., 1867-
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Polasky and Goodwin
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Ponce de Leon, Felicito
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Pond, John
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Pompa, Ygnacio
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Poole, Charles H.
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Potter, N. A.
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Preston and McKinnon
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Randle, P. W.
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Rankin, Ira P.
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Reed, Henry
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Rees, B. L.
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Reiner, Joseph
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Reynolds, Edward
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Rich, G. H.
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Richardson, Mary L.
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Riehn, Charles F.
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Rimback, Charles
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Robert, Henry M.
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Robinson, George
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Robinson, R. A.
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Robinson, Robert
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Rodgers, Meyer and Company
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Rodriguez, Trinidad
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Rogers, J.
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Rojo, Manuel
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Rolland, Sarah
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Romero, Jose y
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Rose, Louis
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Rossi, A.
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Ruiz, F.
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Ruiz, F. M.
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Rust, James
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Sacramento, Maria
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Saddler, Eli
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Samora, Silverio
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Schneider, E. N.
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Sedgwick, Thomas S.
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Shattuck, Spencer and Ruckert
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Showers, Anne
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Showers, William
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Silva, Juan Manuel
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Silverberg, S.
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Sloane, James
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Slocum, William Neill, 1828-
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Smith, A. B.
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Smith, Joseph
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Smith, P. M.
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Snether, W. G.
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Snow, William
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Soffia, Jose A.
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Sorsa, Antonio S.
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Sosa, Luis G.
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Sparks, W. H.
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Stanwood, John R.
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Sterling, Thomas
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Stevens, William H.
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Stineman, Nancy
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Stone, Francis
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Stover, Samuel
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Strahle, J.
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Strauss, L.
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Suverkrup, Henry
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Sweetzen, Charles
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Swezey, Samuel
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Swycoffen, James
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Taylor, James M.
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Taylor, P. W.
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Tenney, J. B.
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Terrell, George W.
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Thomas, R. T.
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Thompson, W.
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Thomson, John W.
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Thorne, Charles
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Tidball, T. T.
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Tidlar, Charlotte C.
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Tilton, Levi
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Timms, A. M.
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Tolman, George B.
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Tracy, A. P.
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Trieste, B.
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Trimmer, Martin
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Tucker and Lloyd
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Tucker, Charles C.
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Tuttle, M. C.
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Tyson and Swift
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Utt, Lee H.
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Valdivia, Antonio
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Valdivia, Mariano
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Valenzuela, Leonidas
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Van Alst, John I.
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Van Alst, Susan A.
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Van Schaack, J. J.
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Van Valkenburgh, E.
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Vettinger
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Walkinshaw & Folks
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Wallach, D.
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Wams, Ramona W.
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Wand, Thomas N.
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Warner, J. J. (Juan Jose), 1807-1895
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Warner, Thomas.
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Warnock, Samuel
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Warnock William
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Washburn, R. W.
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Watson, James
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Weed, Amos
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Welsh, J. C.
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Wessells, V. W.
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Wetmore, Chas. A. (Charles Augustus)
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Whaley, Henry H.
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Wheeler, M. G.
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White, W. W.
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Whitman, George N.
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Whittock, A.
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Wilcox, A. H.
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Wilcox, Maria A.
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William B. Cooke and Company
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Williston, E. Bancroft
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Williston, Edward B.
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Wilson, James
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Winegar, I. P.
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Wood, Alphonso.
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Wolf, Louis
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Wolfskill, John
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Zerega, Francisco
Material Transferred from the Collection
Books
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Blake, Seth B.
Diary (manuscript copy). (**c920/0 B636bld)
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Blake, Seth B.
Diary (typescript). (**cB B636)
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Colorado House, W. W. Ware, propr.
Cash book, 1855. (**cHD 9999 H74 C6 1855)
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"Declaration of purposes, constitution, by-laws, and rules of order of patrons of Husbandry also of the National Grange &
Calif. State Grange." Pacific Rural Press, San Francisco, 1874.
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Delfina Copper Mining Co.
Account book, 1866. (Part 1 - Libro de cuenta, part 2 - day book). (**cHD 9539 C7 D4 1866a)
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Delfina Copper Mining Co.
Day book, 1867. (**fcHD 9539 C7 D4 1867)
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Delfina Copper Mining Co.
Employment records, employee store accounts, etc. 1866. (**cHD 9539 C7 D4 1866)
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Delfina Copper Mining Co.
Ledger, 1867. (**fcHD 9539 C7 D4 1867a)
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Delfina Copper Mining Co.
Order book. (**cHF 5681 S8 D4)
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Delfina Copper Mining Co. T
ime book. (**cHD 9539 C7 D4)
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Jesus Maria Mine.
(4 volumes in portfolio) (**cHF 5549 J4)
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Jones (F. F.) Estate.
(**cHF 5476 J6)
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(Monterey transport ship: cabin and mess book, 1850. Frank Ames' ledger,...1858; laundry account; iniventory...1858-1861.)
(**cVK 211 M5)
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Morse, Ephraim W.
Ageil Mining Company and San Antonio Mine, day book, 1866. (**cHD 9539 A3 A4 1866)
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Morse, Ephraim W.
Cash book, 1849-1850, Benecia, California. (**cHD 9321.9 M5 1850)
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Morse, Ephraim W.
[Cash book & ledgers] v.1. 1855-1858; v. 2-7. 1855-66. (**cHD 9321.9 M5 v.1-7)
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Morse, Ephraim W.
General merchandise; journal, 1861. (**cHD 9321.9 M5 1861)
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Morse, Ephraim W.
General merchandise. Ledger, 1853.) . (**cHD 9321.9 M5 1853a)
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[Morse, Ephraim W.?]
General merchandise. Ledger of soldiers' accounts, 1866. (**cHD 9321.9 M5 1866)
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Morse, Ephraim W.
General merchandise. Sales book, 1853. (**cHD 9321.9 M5 1853)
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Morse, Ephraim W.
Small accounts, 1856-1857. (**cHD 9321.9 M5 1857)
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Morse, (Ephraim W.) & Slack, (Levi M.)
General merchandise. Dec. 10, 1850-Apr. 10, 1852. (**cHD 9321.9 M52)
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Painter, Frederick J.
(2 volumes in portfolio) (**cR 154 P25 C3)
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San Diego County, California.
Account book. (**fcHG 4955 C2 S22 v.1-3)
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San Diego County, California.
Cash book of the Treasurer of San Diego County. (**qc657 S1)
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San Diego County, California.
[County warrants; tax records and records of estates] 3 volumes. [Not on microfilm] (**fcHG 4955 C2 S2)
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List of all property assessed in the County of San Diego, for the year 1854, with the taxes chargable on the same. (**qc336.2
S1)
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San Diego County, California.
Sheriffs sales, Sept. 25, 1854-Jan. 15, 1855; fees and expense account, May 19, 1854- June 11, 1855. (Records of M. M. Sexton)
(**qc657 S5)
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San Pedro Gold & Silver Mining Co.
Account book. (**cHD 9536 A2 S3 v.1-2)
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Santa Rosa Mining Co.
Employment records and store accounts of employees, 1866. (**cHD 9539 A3 S3 1866)
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U. S. Army. Commissariat.
Return of provisions received and issued 1848-1851 ... (**qc353.6 U5c)
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[Vettigur, William?]
Miscellaneous accounts, 1867. (**cHF 3163 S28 V4 1867)
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Ware, Caroline.
Boarding house ledger, 1855. (**cHD 9999 H75 W3 1855)
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Wells, Fargo & Co.
Way-bill book: 4-19-1857-11-25-1859, 12-3-1859-6-7-1859.
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Whaley, Thomas.
Orders, 1853. (**cHD 9321.9 W4)
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- Maps, Broadsides, Railroad Material
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