Amos Parmalee Catlin Addenda mssHM 64312-64431
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
November 2020
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Amos Parmalee Catlin addenda
Creator:
Catlin, Amos Parmalee,
1823-1900
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 64312-64431
Physical Description:
1.34 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1849-1871
Abstract: A collection of material related to
Amos Parmalee Catlin, American miner, lawyer, and politician.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller on behalf of The Huntington from Pacific
Book Auction Galleries, Sale 153, lot 207, February 1998.
Amos Parmalee Catlin (1823-1900), was a lawyer from New York State who came to California
in 1849. Catlin engaged in mining operations on Mormon Island, a site located on the South
Fork of the American River, in present-day Sacramento County, and later formed the American
River Water and Mining Company and the Natoma Water and Mining Company. During the 1860s he
was associated with the assay and banking firm of Charles T. H. Palmer and Roger S. Day.
Catlin, a member of the California bar for many years, was influential in establishing the
state capitol at Sacramento, California. He was elected to the California state senate in
1852 and judge of the Superior Court at Sacramento in 1890; Catlin died in Sacramento in
1900.
This addenda has 120 items and is mostly correspondence, business records, and legal
documents (1849-1867) that pertain to Amos Parmalee Catlin and the American River Water and
Mining Company. Subjects covered include California politics and government, gold mines and
mining, mines and mineral industries, mining claims, quartz mines and mining, and riparian
rights on the American River. Also included in the addenda is correspondence of Charles T.H.
Palmer, a business associate of Catlin.
Processed by Mitchell W. K. Toda in August 2002. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy in-house finding aid.
Arranged chronologically.
This is an addenda to: Amos Parmalee Catlin Papers, 1847-1871 (mssCatlinap).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th
century
Homestead law -- California -- History -- 19th century
Mineral industries -- California -- History -- 19th century
Mining claims -- California -- Weaverville
Quartz mines and mining -- California -- American River -- History --
19th century
Riparian rights -- California -- American River
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Benicia (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
California -- Politics and Government -- 19th century
Business records -- California -- 19th century
Legal documents -- California -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
Palmer, Charles T. H.
(Charles Theodore Hart), 1827-1897
American River Water and Mining Company
Box 1, Folder 1-60