Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- O'Farrell, Jasper, 1817-1875
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 8 folders
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Jasper O'Farrell correspondence. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
Background
- Scope and content:
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Letters to O'Farrell from Washington A. Bartlett, George Hyde, Lilburn W. Boggs, and Richard Barnes Mason
- Biographical / historical:
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Jasper O'Farrell was born in Ireland in 1817 and came to California in 1843 via Chile. Trained as a civil engineer, he was appointed Surveyor-General of Alta California in 1844. In 1846, under American occupation, O’Farrell was asked by Alcalde Washington A. Bartlett to survey the town of Yerba Buena, and O'Farrell based his map of San Francisco after Benjamin Buckelew’s, but added Market Street on a diagonal; he established many of the street names in the area bounded by Post, Leavenworth, and Francisco streets. O'Farrell had property in Sonoma County, died in 1875, and is buried in Bodega, California.
- Acquisition information:
- John Howell Books, 1974?
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Surveyors--California--Biography.
Surveying--California--History--19th century.
California--History--1846-1850--Sources. - Names:
- Bartlett, Washington A.
Hyde, George, 1819-1890
Boggs, Lilburn W., 1792-1860
Mason, R. B. (Richard Barnes), 1797-1850 - Places:
- Sonoma (Calif.)--History.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
- Preferred citation:
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Jasper O'Farrell correspondence. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
- Location of this collection:
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San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102, US
- Contact:
- (415) 557-4567