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Guide to the Henry H. Haight Family Collection
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Henry H. Haight Family Collection
    Box Number: 1650
    Creator: Haight Family
    Repository: California State Library
    Sacramento, California
    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], Henry H. Haight Family Collection, California State Library.

    Access Points

    Governors--California
    Tennis
    Yale University
    Haight, Henry H., 1825-1878

    Contents

    Scrapbooks, photographs, rosary novenas, Wolf Head Society roster.

    History

    Henry H. Haight was born in Rochester, N.Y., May 26, 1825. He graduated from Yale in 1844 and began practicing law. He came to California in January 1850. He served as a democratic governor from December 5, 1867 through December 7, 1871. Mr. Haight was also one of the Regents of the State University. He died of heart disease September 2, 1878, in San Francisco.