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Theodore L. Schell family papers, 1854-1903.
BANC MSS 2004/252 cLOCAL
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Title:
Theodore L. Schell family papers, 1854-1903Creator/Contributor:
Schell, Theodore L., 1827-1877, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Ames, Fisher, attorneyAbstract:
Contains correspondence from attorney Fisher Ames concerning the disposition of Theodore L. Schell's estate, a copy of his
will and other legal documents pertaining to his death and a book in memoriam to Schell's family from The Society of California
Pioneers. Also includes a letter and newspaper clipping concerning Schell's survival after the shipwreck of the S.S. San Francisco,
a contract and bill for remodeling of the Schell home, some genealogical information and a poem.
Date:
1854 (issued)Subject:
Death and burial of a personSan Francisco (Steamship)
San Francisco (Steamship)
Schell, Theodore L -- 1827-1877 -- Death and burial
Shell family
Shell family
Note:
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Theodore L. Schell, born 1827 in New York, first arrived in California Nov. 1, 1849 as a purser on the steamer Panama. Schell
eventually settled in Sonoma County, Calif. and died Dec., 1877.
Type:
wills.Wills
Wills.
Poems.
Testaments.
Physical Description:
print
1 box and 1 oversize folder (0.25 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2004/252 cLOCAL