Guide to the Frederick William Macondray Letters, 1850-1862
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Guide to the Frederick William Macondray Letters, 1850-1862
California State Library
Sacramento, California
- 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.
Title: Frederick William Macondray Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1850-1862
Box Number: 239
Creator:
Macondray, Frederick William, 1803-1862
Extent: 1 box
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Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
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San Francisco (Calif.)--History
F. W. Macondray and Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Macondray, Frederick William, 1803-1862
Letters to William E. Parrott in Boston.
Frederick William Macondray was born in Massachusetts in 1803. He sailed on the China coast and visited California in 1825
aboard a hide ship. After returning from seafaring, he came to San Francisco. On May 22, 1849, he and James Otis began a general
commission business for shipping consignments of merchandise to San Francisco. F. W Macondray acted as agent for the company
in San Francisco. The firm developed into a large wholesale tea company. Macondray died in San Francisco July 28, 1862.
- F. W. Macondray and Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Hussey, Bond, & Hale
- George F. Shaw & Company
- Torrey and Blanchard
- Tucker, George W.
Box 239
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically.