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San Francisco and Atlantic Railway Company deed of trust
MS 512  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: San Francisco and Atlantic Railway Company deed of trust
    Dates: Oct. 1, 1892
    Collection Number: MS 512
    Creator/Collector: San Francisco and Atlantic Railway
    Extent: 1 volume
    Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
    Sacramento, California 95814
    Abstract: 13-page deed of trust dated October 1, 1892, between the San Francisco and Atlantic Railway Company and the California Title Insurance and Trust Company of San Francisco. Volume is leatherbound and in a leather case. Includes seals and signatures of Frederick Homer, President and S. M. Holmes, Secretary of the SF&A Railway. This railroad, never built, was to run between San Francisco and Los Angeles, passing through Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Tulare, Kern and Los Angeles Counties with branches to Merced, Fresno and Bakersfield.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff to arrange for access.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM 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

    San Francisco and Atlantic Railway Company deed of trust. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Dick Forbes, 1997

    Scope and Content of Collection

    13-page deed of trust dated October 1, 1892, between the San Francisco and Atlantic Railway Company and the California Title Insurance and Trust Company of San Francisco. Volume is leatherbound and in a leather case. Includes seals and signatures of Frederick Homer, President and S. M. Holmes, Secretary of the SF&A Railway. This railroad, never built, was to run between San Francisco and Los Angeles, passing through Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Tulare, Kern and Los Angeles Counties with branches to Merced, Fresno and Bakersfield.