Guide to the Cyrus T. Wheeler Papers, 1855-1930

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Guide to the Cyrus T. Wheeler Papers, 1855-1930



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: Cyrus T. Wheeler Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1855-1930
Box Number: 1073-1075
Collector: McInitire, John A. (John Albert), 1907-
Extent: 3 boxes
Repository: California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

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Access Points

Booth & Co. (Sacramento, Calif.)
Pioneers--California--Sacramento
Grocery trade--California--Sacramento
Wheeler & Co. (Sacramento, Calif.)
Gold mines and mining--California
Wheeler, Cyrus T., 1825-1892

Contents

Correspondence, business papers, estate materials administered by his executor, John A. McIntire, and mining investment materials.

Biography

Cyrus T. Wheeler was born in New York in 1825. He came to California in 1850 and settled in Sacramento. In 1851, he and Newton Booth became partners in Booth & Co., importers and wholesale grocers. They remained partners until Wheelers'death in 1892. Wheeler was a prominent Sacramentan and was a private banker dealing with activities in the gold rush area in financing and speculation in mining.

Correspondents

Major Correspondents

  • McIntire, Howard S.
  • McIntire, John Albert, 1843-1931
  • Robinson, S. S.
  • Voorheis, Clara

Other Correspondents

  • Abel, Walter D.
  • Bell, W. Dale
  • Booth, Newton, 1825-1892
  • Booth & Co. (Sacramento, Calif.)
  • Bopel, Peter J.
  • Bradley, E. L.
  • Brown, W. E.
  • Browning, J. H.
  • Burtis, James L.
  • Colgan, Edward Power
  • Cook, Frederick W.
  • Crane & Lockwood
  • Dodge, W. W.
  • Elkus, L.
  • Fassell, N. C.
  • French, Leon
  • Glover, J. S.
  • Gould, J. L.
  • Grow, C. A.
  • Hale, E. T.
  • Hall, Hubbard K.
  • Hammond, Otis
  • Harden, Ray W.
  • Harris, Lew B.
  • Hartley, H. H.
  • Johnson, Albert M.
  • Lee, Kate
  • McIntire, Henrietta
  • Melchers Sucesores
  • Mills, Edgar
  • Morgan, James
  • Oppenheim, L. A.
  • Partridge, L. A.
  • Partridge, E. B.
  • Payne, W. C. H.
  • Peck, M. H.
  • Pershbaker, John
  • Pinkhow, Mary E.
  • Porter, Arthur G.
  • Ritter, Dennis
  • Rizo, John
  • Rowley, Howard C.
  • Shumway, Elizabeth E.
  • Sturgis, Z. B.
  • Tarkington,
  • Thornton, Crittenden
  • Towle Brothers Company
  • Towry, Ebert
  • Tregloan, Ida
  • Tuttle,
  • Voorhis, Clara
  • Wheeler, Cyrus T., 1825-1892
  • Wheeler, M. A.
  • Whitney, I. O.

Box 1073

Correspondence

Box 1074

Address book - death notice

Box 1075

Estate of C. T. Wheeler - stockholder reports