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William Edward Lovett papers, 1857-1892 (bulk 1857-1883).
BANC MSS 2004/176 cLOCAL
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Title:
William Edward Lovett papers, 1857-1892 (bulk 1857-1883)Creator/Contributor:
Lovett, William Edward, 1823-1883, creatorAbstract:
Include correspondence, legal documents, accounts, speeches, and newspaper clippings. Correspondence includes letters between
his stagecoach company and the Postmaster General regarding mail routes in San Benito county and letters dealing with cases
and politics. Legal documents include work done on cases for seamen complaints against shipping companies, railroads, and
land disputes. Speeches discuss the American Flag, Local Option Law, Temperance, and the U.S. Centennial.
Include correspondence, legal documents, scrapbooks, and photographs. Also includes wife Nancy Dinsmore Bixby Lovett's diary,
a short story, biography and genealogy on William Edward Lovett and family research notes about Lovett.
Date:
1857 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caTemperance -- California
Sailors -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Lawyers -- California -- History
Real property -- California
Stagecoach lines -- California
Postmasters general
Flags -- United States -- History
Tempérance -- Californie
Marins -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
Biens réels -- Californie
Lignes de diligences -- Californie
Ministres des postes
Anniversaries
Flags
Lawyers
Postmasters general
Real property
Sailors -- Social conditions
Stagecoach lines
Temperance
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc
California
United States
Lovett, William Edward -- 1823-1883 -- Archives
Lovett family
Lovett, Nancy Dinsmore Bixby -- 1829-1895 -- Diaries
Lovett, William Edward -- 1823-1883 -- Portraits
Lovett, Nancy Dinsmore Bixby -- 1829-1895 -- Portraits
Lovett family
Note:
Includes black and white photograph reprints of William Edward Lovett and Nancy Dinsmore Bixby Lovett.
William Edward Lovett, a native of Beverly, Mass., was born Oct. 3, 1823. He was a cabin boy, a lawyer, a California State
Senator from Monterey and San Benito counties, a Calif. gubernatorial candidate, Indian agent, Asst. U.S. Attorney General.
He also co-owned a stage coach company and was active in the Temperance Movement. Before coming to Calif. in 1849 he spent
many years in Mazatlan, Mexico where he became fluent in Spanish. William Edward Lovett died in 1883.
Type:
Archives.Diaries.
History.
Portraits.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Clippings.
Diaries.
Physical Description:
print
4 boxes and 5 oversize folders (1.65 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2004/176 cLOCAL