Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Material Transferred from the Collection
Related Collections
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Bidwell Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1841-1917
Box Number: 126-136
Creator:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
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], John Bidwell Papers, California State Library.
Access Points
Pioneers--California
Ranch life--California--Butte County
Frontier and pioneer life--California
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
Contents
Correspondence, notes, legal and business papers.
Biography
John Bidwell was born in Chautauqua, N.Y., August 5, 1819. He came to California in 1841 with the Bartleson-Bidwell party.
He was employed at Sutter's Fort in Sacramento and purchased Rancho del Arroyo Chico (now the city of Chico) in1849. An agriculturalist
and philanthropist, he was a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. He served as State Senator from
1849 to1850 and as California Representative to Congress in 1865/1867. He was a candidate for President in 1892. He died in
Chico, April 4, 1900.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
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Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy
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Blake, E. Nelson
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Hensley, Samuel J.
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McConkle, Joseph Walker
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Marshall, Henry
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Smith, George Adams
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Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Other Correspondents
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Adams, William H.
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Algeier, Nicolaus
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Allcott, George B.
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Alvard, Charles E.
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Anti Chinese Club Committee
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Arents, Hiram
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Arnold, A. S.
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Baker, Renel C.
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Barber, A. H.
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Barker, J. B.
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Barnett, Augustus
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Barney, Samuel
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Bascom, George T.
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Basler, Peter
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Bayley, Revecca H.
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Beach, Alfred E.
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Bean, D. M.
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Belden, J.
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Belknap, August
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Belknap, David Price
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Benedict, A.
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Benson, E. S.
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Bidwell, Nannie Evaline
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Bidwell, O. B.
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Bidwell, Thomas J. (Tomas Jose)
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Blackburn, James
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Blake, Stephen P.
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Blanchor, J. D.
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Bond, Charles B.
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Bowen, T. H.
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Boynton, S. W.
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Bradley, J. F.
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Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889
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Brinsmade, P. A.
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Brophy, John
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Brotherton, J. R.
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Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884
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Buchanan, B. B.
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Byington, George
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Cabaniss, T. T.
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Callen, James
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Carson, Lindsey
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Carstens, Peter
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Cary, R. D.
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Chamberlin, Kinsand
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Chapman, James
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Chapman, Joseph
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Chard & Linch
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Choepenning, George
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Church & Mix
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Clark, S. B.
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Clarke, H. J.
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Clymers, J. J. and A.
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Cobb, J. M.
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Cogan, M.
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Cornwell, H.
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Coryell, Lewis S.
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Coskery, James B.
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Crosby, Elisha Oscar, 1818-1895
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Cunningham, Francis
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Daingerfield, William P.
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Darden, James D.
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Darlington, Edward
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Dassonville, G.
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Dawson, Mary
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Dickey, William
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Dinning, J. A.
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Dodge, E. K.
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Dorman, D. M.
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Dover, Riche
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Dunn, D. H.
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Dye, J. F.
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Edgecomb, Martin
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Edwards, Philip Leget, 1812-1869
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Emory, Charles
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Evans, O. M.
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Evoy, B. M., Mrs.
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Fabela, Casimiro
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Fallon, Thomas
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Fan, Harriet
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Farr, B. F., Mrs.
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Farr, Harriett
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Farwell, Edward Augustus
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Field, Monsell & Company
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Finch, Charles
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Fitch, G. G.
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Fitch, William G. & Company
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Folsom, Joseph Libbey, 1816-1855
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Ford, H. L.
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Frisbie, John Baptiste Pion
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Frye, A. E.
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Frye, John
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Gates, Lloyd W.
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George, S. G.
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Gerke, Henry
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Gilbert, Edward
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Gillespie, Eugene F.
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Gillis, John R.
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Girdner, Joseph
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Gliddon, George R. (George Robins), 1809-1857
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Gordon, George
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Graves, H. T.
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Greene, Jones C.
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Greenloaf, A.
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Greer, James
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Gregory, D. J.
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Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885
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Haggin, James Ben Ali, 1821-1914
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Hall, F. C.
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Hall, Newell
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Hall, W. H.
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Halleck, Peachy & Billings
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Hanford, James H.
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Hanna, Sarah A.
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Harrigan, Thomas
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Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
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Harrold, James
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Haskell, Charles H.
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Hastings, Lansford Warren, 1819-ca.1870
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Havens, W. G.
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Hay, W. H.
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Hayes, G. H.
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Hearst, George, 1820-1891
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Henley, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1810-1865
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Henry, Charles P.
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Henshaw, [Washington]
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Hernet, G.
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Hewes, David
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Higgins, S. W.
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Hinckley, John
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Holley, J.
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Hood, Janet
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Howe, J. F.
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Hudspeth, James M.
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Hughes, John F.
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Humphreys, Williams
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Hunt, J. D. & Company
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Ide, James M.
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Ide, William Brown, 1796-1852
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John, Thomas M.
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Johnson, Forman & Sunderland
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Keifer & Pease
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Kennard, R. W.
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Kennedy, John Reynolds
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Kennedy, J. C. G. (Joseph Camp Griffith), 1813-1887, Mrs.
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Kennedy, Joseph M.
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Kinson, E. B.
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Kinson, E. B. & Company
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Kirby, Bennett
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Knapp, W. Augustus
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Kurtz, Jacob
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Lamonsene, G. W.
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L'Amoureaux, G. W.
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Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
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Lassen, Peter, 1800-1859
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Latham, John
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Law, James L.
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Lee, H.
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Lehman, Benjamin
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Lewis, Joseph E. N.
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Livingston, John
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Locke, Fred C.
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Lott, Charles Fayette, 1824-1918
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Lott, Peter
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Low, Frederick R.
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Lyons, George
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McCorkle, Joseph Walker
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McCulloch, Oscar C.
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MacKenzie, Robert
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McKinstry, George
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McKinstry, J. M.
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McLaughlin, Bessie
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Macy, C. B.
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Marshall, Henry
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Marshall, James Wilson, 1810-1885
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Mathew, William
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Mayhew, W[illiam]
- "Memo" n.d.
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Mercado, Felis
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Merril, N.
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Messersmith, G. H.
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Milbar, Joseph I.
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Mix, W. A.
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Monroe & Company
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Moore, Perry & Company
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Morford, Russell B.
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Myers, Francisco
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Myers, William
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Neal, Samuel
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Newell, Robert
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Noble, J. & Company
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Norris, Samuel
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Nurse, S. K.
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Nye, M. C.
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Oswald, Eliza Grant
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Paine & Company
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Paine, Jed E.
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Parker, W. H.
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Patterson, A. D.
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Patterson, John
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Patton, Y.
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Perkins, George C. (George Clement), 1839-1923
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Phillips, F.
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Pickett, Charles Edward, 1820-1882
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Pineda, Pantila
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Poile, William
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Pomeroy, C. W.
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Pomeroy, F. C.
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Pond, A. M., Mrs.
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Post, G. B. & Company
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Potts, J. D.
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Powell, G. W.
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Poynter, J. R.
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Pratt, Ira
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Pratte, Emanuel
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Rains, John
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Ramsdale, J. B.
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Rawson, O. W.
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Reading, Person
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Ream, J. A.
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Reinhart, Joseph
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Rexroad, E.
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Rice, D. W. C.
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Rice, R.
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Richards, J. M.
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Richardson, John
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Richardson, Maria A.
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Rinson, E. B.
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Roberts, J. J.
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Robinson, Henry E.
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Robinson & Morrison
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Roether, Charles
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Rogers, Louis I.
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Rose, John
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Royce, Charles C., 1845-1923
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Safford, W. S.
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Sanders, G. P.
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Sanders, Jack
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Sanders, John
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Sartwell & Company
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Seigler, L.
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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
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Sexton, Warren T., 1823-1878
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Shelton, Basil
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
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Shippen, Libby S.
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Simpson, A. G.
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Sinclair, John
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Smith, (Dr.) J. B.
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Smith, Joseph
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Smith, Stephen
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Smith, T. E.
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Society of California Pioneers
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Spurr, George Graham
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Stackpole, Charles
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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893
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Sterling, C. B.
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Sterling & St. John
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Stevenson, J. Buryee
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Stockton, John E.
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Stockton, Robert Field
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Stoddard, Henry P.
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Stout, A. H.
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Stuart, R. & Company
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Sunol, Lorenzo
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Sutter, Emil V.
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Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
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Swain, W. H.
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Swift, G. P.
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Taylor, Charles & Company
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Taylor, Edward
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Taylor, John S.
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Tennent, Thomas
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Thayer, F. W.
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Toomes, A. G.
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Trask, John Boardman, 1824-1879
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Treadwell & Company
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Tyler, George Washington, 1826-1895
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"Union Boy"
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Updegraff, Jacob
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Valleyo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1895
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Vanwoanblick, L.
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Ward & Price
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Warren, Robert E. & Lady
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Warren, Samuel W.
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Welch, John
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Weller, John B., 1812-1875
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Wells, Thomas
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Wheeler, C[harles]
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White, J. M. & Underhill
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Wilbur, J. Q.
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Wilder, Benjamin W.
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Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898
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Williams, James
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Wilson, H. G.
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Winget, J. M.
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Wright, Thomas S.
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Wozencraft, Oliver Meredith
Material Transferred from the Collection
- 18 account books, receipt books, ledgers, etc.
- 1 diary
Related Collections
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Title: Warren T. Sexton collection
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