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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Amos Parmalee Catlin papers
Creator:
Catlin, Amos Parmalee,
1823-1900
Identifier/Call Number: mssCatlinap
Physical Description:
3.75 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1849-1871
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
life and work of Amos Parmalee Catlin, American lawyer and politician.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Amos Parmalee Catlin papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by the Friends of the Library from Frank A. Guernsey, June 1947.
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 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.
A collection of approximately 2,760 items which contains mostly documents and letters
pertaining to mining in the Mormon Island area (1849-1871). The collection includes the
activities of the American River Water and Mining Company and the Natoma Water and Mining
Company. Also mentioned are Catlin's operation and association of the assay and banking firm
of Palmer and Day.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1955. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Former call number: mssCatlin Amos papers.
Amos Parmalee Catlin addenda (mssHM 64312-64431).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Assayers -- California -- History -- 19th century
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th
century
Mineral industries -- California -- History -- 19th century
Quartz mines and mining -- California -- American River -- History --
19th century
Business records -- California -- 19th century
Legal documents -- California -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
Day, Roger S.
Palmer, Charles T. H.
(Charles Theodore Hart), 1827-1897
American River Water and Mining Company
Natoma Water and Mining
Company