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Guide to the Joseph Mora Moss Papers, 1849-1867, and Dr. J. Mora Moss, III Papers, 1863-1915
1148-1155  
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Description
Business and personal papers of Joseph Mora Moss. The collection includes receipt, record and ledger books, photographs as well as papers of Dr. Joseph Mora Moss, III.
Background
Joseph Moravia Moss was born in Philadelphia, PA on March 1, 1809, the son of Samuel and Eleanor Titterway Mercer Moss. He arrived in California about 1850. He was a partner in the banking firm of Pioche and Bayerque until 1859. J. Mora Moss was the first vice-president and the third president of the San Francisco Gas Co. (later to become P.G.& E.) and a trustee of the Sacramento Valley Railroad Co. in the early 1860s. In the late 1860s, his business interests expanded to include the California State Telegraph Co., Market Street Railroad and the Sitka Ice Industry. He was a Regent for the University of California and one of the directors of the School for the Deaf and Blind. In 1867, he married his housekeeper, Julia Wood. On November 21, 1880, he died at his estate, Mosswood, in Oakland.
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Please credit California State Library.
Availability
Unrestricted.