Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- John Forshee papers
- Dates:
- c. 1842 - 1890
- Creators:
- Forshee, John and Dunlap, John D., III
- Extent:
- 3.28 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes, 2 half boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], John Forshee papers (M2915). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers in the collection are from the period of 1842-1890 and include correspondence, photographic materials, checks, ephemera, and other materials. There are around 100 photograhs (daguerreotypes, tin-type and printed), several hundred cancelled checks, many with internal revenue tax stamps, over 100 US Postal stamped/cancelled envelopes, most with letters (one half personal/one-half business related), and an equal amount of unstamped envelopes with letters in some/missing in others, small brass name stencils, business and calling cards, leave-behind marketing cards of Forshee businesses, early telegrams, timetables and tickets for trains and ships, invitations, letters of introduction (mentioning or signed by judges/politicians and various business leaders), sketches of cemetery monuments and invoices for same, stocks/bonds/insurance policies, love poems embodied in personal letters (between Forshee and his 2 wives), burial instructions, a signed March 1850 (five months before California statehood) co-partnership contract between Forshee and L.A. Booth (a founder of Piedmont, CA) in Sacramento (and also Gov. Newton Booth's cousin and at various times his business partner and original/founding board-member of the Central Pacific Railroad), plus a photo of Booth and a daguerreotype photo of Forshee and related family members and acquaintances. There are transcipts of some of the letters, as well as an inventory of the letters and photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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John Forshee (1815-1884) was born in Canada, lived in New York, California (during gold rush), Indiana and Wisconsin. He was a successful merchant, railroad man (in California and Indiana), early California politician (Sacramento, CA) and friend to historically important figures during his lifetime. In Sacramento in the 1850s Forshee co-owned Forshee, Booth & Co. along with Newton Booth. He was on the Sacramento city council and involved with the Sacramento Vigilance Committee.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Dunlap, John D., III
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-08-14 11:59:27 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], John Forshee papers (M2915). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022