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Guide to the Sewell Alvin Knapp Papers, 1831-1935
MS 1217B
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Title: Sewell Alvin Knapp Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1831-1935
Collection number: MS 1217B
Creator:
Knapp, Sewell Alvin, 1854-1936
Extent: 2.5 boxes (including 4 scrapbooks)
Repository:
California Historical Society, North Baker Library
San Francisco, California 94105-4014
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research by appointment only.
Copyright has not been assigned to The North Baker Research Library. All requests for
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[Identification of item], Sewell Alvin Knapp Papers. MS 1217B, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.
Sewell A. Knapp was born in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California on September 9th, 1854. Raised in Columbia during the height
of the gold rush Knapp began working as an assayer, later to be involved in prospecting and consulting for large mining concerns
in California and Nevada. His papers include a monograph entitled, Observations & Reminiscences of Early Days in the Mining
Camps of California and Nevada, which contains a detailed account of life during the gold boom and considerable technical
information on mining itself. However, the bulk of the collection deals with the Peralta land grant in Alameda County and
the court proceedings surrounding it.
- Arguello (F31)
- Aughinbough, Gidion (F11)
- Boillot, Leon (F17)
- Bradley, F. W., Esq. (F3)
- Brown, A. C. (F12)
- Burher, W. H. (F17)
- Carpentier, Horace W. (F7, 10, 15)
- Carpenton, John (F12)
- Chipman, W. W. (F11)
- DeSola, Don Pablo Vicente (F7)
- Espinoza, Manual (F17)
- Fallon, Thomas (F15)
- Fremont, John C. (F7, 22)
- Gilman, Caroline (F3)
- Hart, William H. (F2)
- Hawkins, C. A. (F3)
- Hays, John C. (F7, 12)
- Hester, C. P. (F12)
- Hurley, M. H. (F14)
- Jimeno, Manual (F8)
- King, Samual D. (F7, 9)
- Knapp, Ed (F1, 5)
- Knapp, Hazel (F1, 5)
- Knapp, Marbel (F1, 5)
- Knapp, Sewell (F1, 3, 5)
- Martinez, Ignacio (F7)
- Moore, Stanley (F2)
- Morgan, George P. (F3)
- Muir, William (F2, 14, 15, 17)
- Pacheco, Doloras (F15)
- Peralta, A. L. (F2)
- Peralta, Antonio Maria (F9, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25)
- Peralta, Ignacio (F11, 20)
- Peralta, Jose Domingo (F7, 11, 20)
- Peralta, Louis Maria (F9, 11)
- Peralta, Maria Guadalupe (F9)
- Peralta, Maria Josefa (F9)
- Peralta, Maria Theodora (F9)
- Peralta, Maria Trinidad (F9)
- Peralta, Vicente (F9, 7, 11, 13, 20)
- Pitman, Key (F2, 3)
- Postel, Waldo F. (F2)
- Redman, F. W. (F9)
- Riley, B. (F31)
- Riley, Gov. (F7)
- Romero, Alex (F14)
- Romero, J. A. (F14, 15)
- Romero, Maria Jesus (F14)
- Romero, Teicherra (F14)
- Ross, Miss H. (F3)
- Sola, Don Pablo Vicente de (F31)
- Stratton, Jas T. (F12)
- Trent, S. V. (F3)
- Vallejo, Ignacio (F22)
- Commercial correspondence (F3)
- Court Records (F16-26)
- Deeds (F12-32)
- Gold Mines & mining (F4)
- Gold Mines & mining-Nevada (F4)
- Knapp Family (F1, 3, 5)
- Land titles-Alameda County-Peralta Land grant (F7-27)
- Maps (F8, 29)
- Wills (F9, 17)