Stoneman Family Papers Addenda: Finding Aid mssStonefam
mssStonefam
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang. Revised by Gayle M. Richardson, November
2022.
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Title: Stoneman family papers addenda
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Stoneman (Family)
Identifier/Call Number: mssStonefam
Physical Description:
4.7 Linear Feet
(10 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1830-1985
Abstract: The Stoneman family papers addenda
consists of diaries, family and official correspondence, photographs, ephemera, memorabilia,
and genealogical and historical research files from the family of George Stoneman,
1822-1894, and his wife, Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman, 1836-1915.
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Acquisition Information
Gifts of George B. Stoneman, MD, June 2016, and April 2021.
Biography
Although best known for his service in the Union cavalry during the Civil War, Major
General George Stoneman, 1822-1894, extended his career into civil and political spheres
after the war. Near the end of the conflict, he married Mary Oliver Hardisty of Baltimore,
Maryland, with whom he eventually had four children: George J., Adele, Katherine, and
Cornelius. After poor health forced him to resign as commander of the Department of Arizona
in 1871, Stoneman relocated with his family to the "Los Robles" estate in the greater Los
Angeles area. His political career in California began with his appointment as Railroad
Commissioner in 1879, and culminated in his tenure as the state's Democratic governor from
1883 to 1887. Domestic, health, and financial troubles vexed Stoneman by the end of this
governorship, apparently compelling him to seek respite in his native New York circa 1892.
While staying with his sister, Charlotte S. Williams, wife of New York Senator Benjamin H.
Williams, his health continued to worsen, precluding his return to California. He suffered a
stroke in April 1894 from which he was unable to recover. Stoneman died in Buffalo, New
York, on September 5, 1894, and was interred at Bentley Cemetery in Lakewood, New York. His
brother, John T. Stoneman, assumed the role of administrator of the ex-general's estate from
the time of Stoneman's death to 1897.
Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman was born on July 28, 1836 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her
parents were Henry Hardisty, Jr., 1808-1855 and [Lydia] McLean Hardisty, 1812-1866; her
father appears to have been a merchant in Baltimore, Maryland.
George Stoneman married Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman on November 21, 1861. The couple had
four children: Cornelius McLean Stoneman, 1862-1904; Katherine "Kitty" Cheney Stoneman,
1866-1940; George John Stoneman, 1868-1928; and Adele Stoneman [Mrs. Louis A. Schmidgall],
1874-1939. George John Stoneman married Julia Shortridge Hamm in 1901. The couple had three
children: Virginia Hardisty Stoneman, 1902-1980; George Stoneman, 1906-1988; and Mary Lejeal
Stoneman, 1908-1985. George Stoneman, 1906-1988 married Frances Marie Beattie in 1936. The
couple had two sons: George Beattie Stoneman [donor of the collection] and Robert McLean
Stoneman.
Scope and Content
The Stoneman family papers consist of diaries, family and official correspondence,
photographs, ephemera, memorabilia, and genealogical and historical research files from the
family of George Stoneman, 1822-1894 and his wife, Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman,
1836-1915.
The earliest letters are written by Mary O.H. Stoneman's father, Henry Hardisty, Jr. There
are two letters from 1832 and the remainder are from his European travels from 1851 through
1852. The correspondence concerns family news and descriptions of his travels in Scotland,
Ireland, England, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, and Egypt. There are four letters written
by the still life painter and portraitist, Andrew John Henry Way, who appears to be related
to Mary O.H. Stoneman. Although there are very few surviving personal and military material
related to George Stoneman, 1822-1894, there are a few letters to his wife, Mary O.H.
Stoneman from 1883 through 1888. Other correspondence related to George Stoneman, 1822-1894
includes his appointment as United States railroad commissioner and reinstatement to the
Army retired list in 1888. Other Stoneman family material includes: Adele Stoneman
Schmidgall, Cornelius McLean Stoneman, George J. Stoneman, Julia H. Stoneman, George B.
Stoneman, Robert M. Stoneman, Mary Lejeal Stoneman McGinnis, and Virginia Hardisty
Stoneman.
Most of the correspondence was compiled and organized by George J. Stoneman's daughter,
Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. These files also include, but not limited to, printed ephemera,
notes, and letters to and from Virginia Hardisty Stoneman.
There are fourteen diaries belonging to Mary O.H. Stoneman. Stoneman's first diary begins
in 1882, a year before her husband becomes Governor of California, and concludes in 1887.
The later diaries detail her trip through Europe from 1902 through 1905. There is also a
diary written by Katherine "Kitty" Cheney Stoneman, concerning her European travels from
1894 through 1895. A journal of interest may be Mary O.H. Stoneman father's journey around
the word on ships Rolla and Birmingham. Henry Hardisty, Jr., 1808-1855, begins his trip from
Baltimore, Maryland and proceeds to Cape Horn. He stops in Cobija, Bolivia, Lima, Peru,
Coquimbo, Chile, and Huasco, Chile. On April 16, 1831, Hardisty finds himself in the middle
of a "revolution" in Peru. He writes, "…of all public commotions I ever heard of this
certainly capped the climax." Hardisty also travels to Honolulu where he witnesses the
construction of a wall; meets the father of 37 children by different wives; and describes
his encounter with the king "Called upon the King - Kow Kioli - at his palace and find him
lolling upon a bed of mats with a motley group of men, women and children," (Aug. 13, 1831).
Hardisty's journal abruptly ends, shortly after arriving in Canton, China at the end of
September 1831.
The donor compiled a portfolio of correspondence, documents, legal documents, photographs,
and printed ephemera related to George Stoneman, 1822-1894. These items have been re-housed
in a binder. The oversize items are housed separately.
The collection also includes a typescript of Civil War Letters of Margaret Sumner McLean;
a visitor book with over approximately 600 visitors to the Stoneman's estate "Los Robles";
photographs; clippings; memorabilia; textbooks; and buttons with shoulder marks belonging to
George Stoneman, 1822-1894. The 2021 addenda includes a letter by John Bell Hood, two
letters by Robert E. Lee, a photograph of George Stoneman and Mary O. H. Stoneman, and a
file of correspondence related to the dedication ceremony of Camp Stoneman, Pittsburg,
California, in 1942.
Arrangement
Arranged by format and subject.
General
Former call number: mssStoneFamilyAddenda.
Related Materials
Stoneman family papers (1891-1920), mssHM 71383-71454; Stoneman family letters (1885-1899),
mssStonemanFamilyletters.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Governors -- California
Ocean travel
Voyages around the world
Women -- Political activity
California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Camp Stoneman (Pittsburg,
Calif.)
Europe -- Description and travel
Fort Mason (San Francisco,
Calif.)
Hawaii -- Description and travel
South America -- Description and travel
Texas -- History -- 19th century
Clippings (information artifacts)
Diaries
Legal documents
Letters (correspondence)
Photographs
Printed ephemera
Hood, John Bell,
1831-1879
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
Stoneman, Virginia Hardisty
Way, A.J.H. (Andrew John Henry), 1826-1888
Hardisty family
Stoneman family
United States. Army
Box 1
Address book - Correspondence
Folder 1
Address book -- Sacramento Society People
(1893)
Scope and Contents
Organized alphabetically. There is a symbol to indicate those who do not dance
Folder 2
Bibliographies -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1929-1966)
Scope and Contents
Included: Research notes and letters. Also, a copy of Los Angeles Historical Review,
October 1929 and typescript of A Paper On His Life Submitted to the Los Angeles
Historical Society by Virginia Hardisty Stoneman, August 1929
Folder 3
Books -- The Runner's Bible by Nora Holm, 1864-
(1915)
Scope and Contents
Fragile
Folder 4
Books -- A Morning Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894
[1917]
Folder 5
Clippings (information artifacts) -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1883-1887)
Scope and Contents
Included: Letters, printed ephemera, The Story of The Pasadena Presbyterian Church, a
menu, and a handwritten list of people in Los Angeles
Folder 6
Clippings (information artifacts) -- Complaisant Males in a Female World by
Gene Sherman
(1960)
Folder 7
Clippings (information artifacts) -- Lola Montes Reveals Forgotten Scandals
by Charles Stinson
(1960)
Folder 8
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1836)
Folder 9
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to "Cousin"
(1851)
Folder 10
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to "Sir"
(1851, Apr.)
Folder 11
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1851, May)
Scope and Contents
Written on pictorial letter sheet, The Cathedral, Chester
Folder 12
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to Lydia [McLean] Hardisty
(1851, June)
Scope and Contents
Written on pictorial letter sheets, Abbotsford; Melrose Abbey; and The Lake Hotel,
Castlelough, Killarney
Folder 13
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to Lydia [McLean] Hardisty
(1851, July)
Scope and Contents
Written on pictorial letter sheet, The Phoenix Tower, Chester Walls
Folder 14
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to Lydia [McLean] Hardisty
(1851, Aug.)
Scope and Contents
Written on pictorial letter sheet, Hotel des Princes, Paris
Folder 15
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1851, Sept.)
Folder 16
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1851, Oct.)
Folder 17
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1851, Nov.)
Folder 18
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1851, Dec.)
Folder 19
Correspondence -- Way, A.J.H (Andrew John Henry), 1826-1888 to
"Cousin"
(1851-1866)
Folder 20
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to "Cousin"
(1852, Jan.)
Folder 21
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] and Mary Oliver
Hardisty
(1852, Jan.)
Folder 22
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] and Mary Oliver
Hardisty
(1852, Feb.)
Folder 23
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1852, Mar.)
Folder 24
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to [Lydia McLean] Hardisty
(1852, Apr.)
Folder 25
Correspondence -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr. to "Sir"
(1852, May)
Folder 26
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1864-1915)
Scope and Contents
Included: A clippings entitled Ex-Gov. Stoneman's Wife Exonerated, obituary,
photographs of Agostine Haraszthy, printed ephemera, and telegrams. Primarily
correspondence to George Stoneman, 1822-1894
Folder 27
Correspondence -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1871-1888)
Scope and Contents
Related to United States Railroad Commissioner. Included: Circular of Instructions
for the Examination of Railroads, Dept. of the Interior, April 28, 1871 and
applications
Folder 28
Correspondence -- Hamm, Julia Shortridge [Mrs. George J.
Stoneman]
(1882-1955)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings, wedding invitation, funeral booklet, and letter from Josephine
----- to Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. Additional letters from George J. Stoneman in Box
6(9)
Folder 1
Correspondence -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1883-1960)
Scope and Contents
Primarily letters to and from George Stoneman, 1822-1894 and Mary Oliver Hardisty
Stoneman concerning political news and martial relationship. Included: Clippings,
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Masonic insignia, and
material related to Virginia Hardisty Stoneman
Folder 2
Correspondence -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1885-1967)
Scope and Contents
Primarily miscellaneous letters to George Stoneman, 1822-1894. Included: Clipping,
[Franz] Lorey's military record, and material related to Virginia Hardisty
Stoneman
Folder 3
Correspondence -- Stoneman, George J. to Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman,
1836-1915
(1885-1909)
Folder 4
Correspondence -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1888)
Scope and Contents
Related to reinstatement to Army retired list. Included: Clippings
Folder 5
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Cornelius McLean to "Dear Sis"
(1894, Dec. 23)
Folder 6
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Adele [Mrs. Louis A. Schmidgall]
(1903-1943)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings, copy of a will, estate information, and material related to
Virginia Hardisty Stoneman
Folder 7
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Virginia Hardisty
(1907-1948)
Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Virginia Hardisty. Included: Clippings
Folder 8
Correspondence -- Stoneman, George B. and Beattie, Frances Marie
(1913-1955)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings, notes, wedding invitation, and material related to Virginia
Hardisty Stoneman. Also, Travel Program Especially Prepared for Mrs. Frances Stoneman
and Mrs. Kathryn Thomas
Folder 9
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Virginia Hardisty
(1940-1967)
Scope and Contents
Letters to various historians and historical societies
Folder 10
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Mary Lejeal [Mrs. John Francis
McGinnis]
(1941-1985)
Scope and Contents
Primarily letters from European trip. Included: Notes and manuscripts, "Personal and
Private Writings" Mary S. McGinnis [found after her death]
Folder 11
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Mary Lejeal [Mrs. John Francis
McGinnis]
(1944-1958)
Scope and Contents
Primarily letters to Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. Included: Last Will and
Testament
Folder 1
Correspondence -- Stoneman, George Beattie and Stoneman, Robert
McLean
(1946-1968)
Scope and Contents
Primarily letters to Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. Included: Graduation programs and
copy of United States Air Force certificate
Folder 2
Correspondence -- Stoneman, Virginia Hardisty
(1961-1963)
Scope and Contents
Letters to Army Times Publishing Company, California Historical Society, Sara Smith,
and Wolcott W. Hubbell
Folder 3
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty
(1877-1915)
Scope and Contents
Laid in loose notes and printed ephemera from Stoneman's readings. Fragile
Folder 4
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty
(1882)
Folder 5
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty
(1883)
Folder 1
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1884)
Folder 2
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1885)
Folder 3
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1886)
Folder 4
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1887)
Folder 5
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1902)
Scope and Contents
Europe
Folder 6
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1902-1903)
Scope and Contents
Europe
Folder 7
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1903)
Scope and Contents
Europe
Folder 8
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1903)
Scope and Contents
Europe
Folder 1
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1903-1904)
Scope and Contents
British Isles, Boston
Folder 2
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1904-1905)
Scope and Contents
Boston, Europe
Folder 3
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1905)
Scope and Contents
Europe
Folder 4
Diaries -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1905)
Scope and Contents
Europe, Boston, California, and Globe, Arizona
Folder 5
Diaries -- Stoneman, Katherine Cheney "Kitty"
(1894-1895)
Scope and Contents
Europe
Folder 6
Documents -- Stoneman, Katherine Cheney "Kitty" estate
(1915-1953)
Scope and Contents
Included: Letters related to Kitty's estate
Folder 7
Genealogies (histories) -- Hardisty and McLean family
(1899-1984)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings, letters, and notes
Folder 8
Genealogies (histories) -- Stoneman family
(1870-1967)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings, letters, and notes
Folder 9
Genealogies (histories) -- Hamm-Lejeal family
(1940-1965)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings, letters, and notes
Folder 10
Journals (accounts) -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr.
(1830-1832)
Scope and Contents
Voyage around the world, via Chile, Peru, Sandwich Islands, China and Europe.
Transcript compiled by Virginia Hardisty Stoneman available, see Box 8(1). Fragile
Folder 11
Monographs -- Metal Uniform Insignia of the Frontier U.S. Army, 1846-1902 by
Sidney B. Brinckerhoff
(1976)
Scope and Contents
Museum Monograph No. 3, Arizona Historical Society
Folder 12
Notebooks -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
[before 1915]
Scope and Contents
Ivory note cards with days of week and notations
Folder 13
Notes -- Stoneman, Virginia Hardisty
[before 1980]
Scope and Contents
Loose notes related Stoneman family papers addenda
Box 6
Photographs - Subject files
Folder 1
Photographs -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894 and Stoneman, Mary Oliver
Hardisty, 1836-1915
[1861]
Scope and Contents
Framed
Folder 2
Photographs -- Hardisty, [Lydia McLean]
[before 1866]
Folder 3
Photographs -- Stoneman, Katherine Cheney "Kitty"
[after 1880]
Scope and Contents
With other people
Folder 4
Photographs -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1888-1979)
Scope and Contents
Included: Negatives and material related to Virginia Hardisty Stoneman
Folder 5
Photographs -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty, 1836-1915
(1913)
Folder 6
Speeches (documents) -- Inaugural Address of Gov. George Stoneman
(1883)
Folder 7
Stamps
(1886-1962)
Scope and Contents
Cancelled and pre-stamped envelopes
Folder 8
Subject files -- Stoneman, George, 1822-1894
(1894)
Scope and Contents
Related to Stoneman's death. Included: Clippings, letters, and Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States, In Memoriam
Folder 9
Subject files -- Stoneman, George J.
(1894-1928)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings; identification cards; letters to Stoneman family members; list
of names at St. Augustine's College; Supreme Court, Hawaiian Islands license; Letters
Patent of Declaration; certificates; and Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Board of
Civil Service Commissioners of Los Angeles, July 1, 1928 to June 30, 1929
Folder 10
Subject files -- Stoneman, George B.
(1901-1926)
Scope and Contents
Included: Cards, photographs of Stoneman family, postcard, and photocopy of
Legislative History, Arizona, 1804-1912
Folder 11
Subject files -- Stoneman Adobe
(1958-1959)
Scope and Contents
Included: Clippings, letters, notes, and photographs
Folder 12
Subject files -- Correspondence and notes regarding Civil War
letters
(1960)
Folder 13
Subject files -- Correspondence and notes regarding Civil War letters,
chronology
(1961)
Box 7
Subject files - Textbooks
Folder 1
Subject files -- Supplement to "Family Chronicle"
(1963-1973)
Scope and Contents
Included: Lincoln-Kennedy penny; Robert M. Stoneman and Leslie R. Lance wedding
invitation; clippings; and material related to Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. Note:
Family Chronicle whereabouts is unknown. This supplement was in the files at Virginia
Hardisty Stoneman's house
Folder 2
Textbooks -- An Elementary Treatise on Mechanics by E.H.
Courtenay
(1836)
Scope and Contents
George Stoneman, 1822-1894 textbook, U.S. Military Academy
Folder 3
Textbooks -- Manual of Magnetism by D. Davis, Jr.
(1842)
Scope and Contents
George Stoneman, 1822-1894 textbook, U.S. Military Academy
Folder 4
Textbooks -- A System of Mineralogy by James D. Dana
(1844)
Scope and Contents
George Stoneman, 1822-1894 textbook, U.S. Military Academy
Box 8
Transcripts - Wills; 2021 Addenda
Folder 1
Transcripts -- Hardisty, Henry, Jr.
(1961)
Scope and Contents
Voyage around the world, via Chile, Peru, Sandwich Islands, China and Europe.
Compiled by Virginia Hardisty Stoneman
Folder 2
Transcripts -- McLean, Margaret Sumner
(1962)
Scope and Contents
From the Confederacy, 1860 to 1863. Letters of Margaret Sumner McLean. Compiled by
Virginia Hardisty Stoneman
Folder 3
Visitors' book -- Stoneman, Mary Oliver Hardisty
(1881)
Scope and Contents
Approximately 600 visitors to "Los Robles" estate
Folder 4
Wills -- Small, Florence McLean
(1960)
Scope and Contents
Included: Letters to Virginia Hardisty Stoneman regarding clock and table
Folder 5
John Bell Hood letter, Camp Cooper, Texas, to George Stoneman
1859 April 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George B. Stoneman, April 2021.
Folder 6
Robert E. Lee letter, Fort Brown, Texas, to George Stoneman
1860 May 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George B. Stoneman, April 2021.
Folder 7
Robert E. Lee letter, San Antonio, Texas, to George Stoneman
1860 October 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George B. Stoneman, April 2021.
Folder 8
Photograph of George Stoneman and Mary O. H. Stoneman
approximately 1860
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George B. Stoneman, April 2021.
Folder 9
United States. War Department, Fort Mason, San Francisco, Calif.,
correspondence with George Stoneman
1942 May-September
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George B. Stoneman, April 2021.
Box 9
3-D objects
Scope and Contents
George Stoneman, 1822-1894 military buttons, shoulder marks, and other clothing
accessories
Volume 1
Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents
Previously a portfolio compiled by the donor
Scope and Contents
Page 1-2: Two reproductions of Los Angeles, 19th century. Historical Collections,
Security Pacific National Bank
Scope and Contents
Page 3-4: Two reproductions of Los Angeles, 19th century. Historical Collections,
Security Pacific National Bank
Scope and Contents
Page 5: Reproduction of Official Portrait of Governor George Stoneman, Security Pacific
National Bank
Scope and Contents
Page 6: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 7: Letter from Adjunct-General's Office, George B. Cosby to George Stoneman,
1822-1894, October 14, 1887
Scope and Contents
Page 8: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 9-10: Letters from United States Senators, William Evans and George Hearst to
George Stoneman, 1822-1894, 1888. Regarding retirement benefits
Scope and Contents
Page 11-12: Letters from General Nelson A. Miles and United States Senator D.W. Vorhees
to George Stoneman, 1822-1894, 1888. Regarding retirement benefits
Scope and Contents
Page 13-14: Letter from United States Senator William Stewart to George Stoneman,
1822-1894, July 9, 1888. Regarding retirement benefits
Scope and Contents
Page 15-16: Letter from W. Turnball to George Stoneman, 1822-1894 and a reproduction of
photograph of George Stoneman, 1822-1894
Scope and Contents
Page 17-18: Two hand painted place cards for Adele and Katherine Stoneman
Scope and Contents
Page 19: Three place cards for George Stoneman, 1822-1894 and Mary Oliver Hardisty
Stoneman, 1836-1915
Scope and Contents
Page 20: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 21: Reproduction of Official Portrait of Governor George Stoneman, 1822-1894 in
California State Capitol
Scope and Contents
Page 22: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 23-24: Letter from George Stoneman, 1822-1894 to Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman,
1836-1915, November 13, 1886. Regarding "...yelping crew of traitors..."
Scope and Contents
Page 25: Envelope for letter on pages 23-24
Scope and Contents
Page 26: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 27: Lithograph of ten Union Generals, including George Stoneman, 1822-1894
Scope and Contents
Page 28: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 29: One reproduction of Los Angeles, 19th century. Historical Collections,
Security Pacific National Bank
Scope and Contents
Page 30: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 31-32: Letter from Department of the Interior Secretary to George Stoneman,
1822-1894, October 12, 1887. Regarding appointment as Railroad Commissioner. Photograph
of George Stoneman, 1822-1894, undated
Scope and Contents
Page 33-34: Letter from Law Office of Glassell, Smith & Patton and deed to George
Stoneman, 1822-1894. The deed involves a small piece of property near the Los Robles
estate
Scope and Contents
Page 35-36: Official copy of appointment by President of the United States to George J.
Stoneman as cadet in the United States Military Academy, 1843 and reproduction of
enclosure letter from War Department, Adjutant General's Office, 1867
Scope and Contents
Page 37-38: Two reproductions of Stoneman family, 19th century. Historical Collections,
Security Pacific National Bank
Scope and Contents
Page 39-40: Lithograph of George Stoneman, 1822-1894, standing outside a log cabin and
photograph of George Stoneman, 1822-1894 sword
Scope and Contents
Page 41: Reproduction of Congressional Record, April 1, 1976. Tribute to George
Stoneman Elementary School, San Marino, Calif. by Hon. John H. Rousselot
Scope and Contents
Page 42: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 43-44: Steel engraving portrait of George Stoneman, 1822-1894, 1866 and
reproduction of Official Portrait of Governor George Stoneman, Security Pacific National
Bank
Scope and Contents
Page 45-46: Newspaper clipping of 11th Senatorial District
Scope and Contents
Page 47-48: Receipts for clothes and yardage for Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman,
1836-1915, July 24, 1882 and May 12, 1883
Scope and Contents
Page 49-50: Receipt for clothes and yardage for Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman,
1836-1915, May 10, 1883 and envelope
Scope and Contents
Page 51-52: Receipt for clothes and yardage for Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman,
1836-1915, March 1, 1888 and envelope
Scope and Contents
Page 53-54: Three photographs of Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman, 1836-1915, undated
Scope and Contents
Page 55: Photograph of George Stoneman, 1822-1894 residence in Sacramento, California,
1882-1886
Scope and Contents
Page 56: [Blank]
Scope and Contents
Page 57-58: Two reproductions of Los Angeles, 19th century. Historical Collections,
Security Pacific National Bank
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Page 59: Reproduction of Los Angeles, 19th century. Historical Collections, Security
Pacific National Bank
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Page 61-62: Two reproductions of Adele and George J. Stoneman, undated
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Page 63: Photograph of George Stoneman, 1822-1894, undated
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Page 65-66: Two photographs of Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman, 1836-1915, undated
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Page 67-68: Letter from James De Barth Shorb to George Stoneman, 1822-1894, October 7,
1884. Regarding Stoneman's grapes. Letter from Farmer's Merchants Bank to George
Stoneman, 1822-1894, October 21, 1884. Regarding Stoneman's overdrawn account
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Page 69-70: Letter from George Stoneman, 1822-1894 to Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman,
1836-1915, October 9, 1884. Complaining about James De Barth Shorb
Folder 1
Official copies of military commission papers to George Stoneman, 1822-1894,
1861-1865
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Removed from original portfolio
Folder 2
Fourteen "Wasp" cartoons, some regarding George Stoneman, 1822-1894,
1882-1886
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Removed from original portfolio
Folder 3
Miscellaneous
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Removed from original portfolio. California State Democratic Club certificate; page
from "Harper's Weekly A Journal of Civilization," May 23, 1863; page 337-338 and 749-750
from "Harper's History of the Great Rebellion", 1862 and 1865; page 261-262 from "Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", undated; page 403-404 from "The Illustrated London
News", 1862; Map of the "Stoneman Tract", April 21, 1887; and advertisement for "The
Governor Stoneman Tract", April 22, 1887
