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Macdonald family papers, [ca. 1848-1917]
BANC MSS 75/132 cpLOCAL
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Title:
Macdonald family papers, [ca. 1848-1917]Creator/Contributor:
McDonald family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Macdonald, Alexander Davidson, 1830-1901, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Macdonald Agnes Branks, 1841-Creator/Contributor:
Macdonald, Sibyl Elsbeth, 1876-Creator/Contributor:
Macdonald, Robert B.Creator/Contributor:
Tolmie, William Fraser., Correspondent.Abstract:
Mainly letters from Alexander Davidson Macdonald re his experiences as a banker in Victoria, B.C. in the 1860's, with mention
of mining, and later as storekeeper for George Hearst in Lead, S.D., 1882-1883; letters to him, including one from William
Frazer Tolmie; account book for his hardware store in Dixon, Calif., 1886-1887; correspondence and papers of his wife, Agnes
(Branks) Macdonald, and of their children, Sibyl Elspeth and Robert B., containing some genealogical information on the family.
Date:
1848 (issued)Subject:
Hearst, George -- 1820-1891Mines and mineral resources -- Canada
Banks and banking -- British Columbia
Victoria (B.C.)
Dixon (Calif.) -- Business
Lead (S.D.)
Note:
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. (BANC PIC 1975.059--ALB).
Physical Description:
2 boxes, 1 v.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 75/132 cpLOCAL