William S. Sharon and William C. Ralston business records, 1859-1886

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Summary

Title:
William S. Sharon and William C. Ralston business records
Dates:
1859-1886
Creators:
Ralston, William Chapman,1826-1875 Sharon, William, 1821-1885 Geary, John White, 1819-1873 O’Farrell, Jasper, 1817-1875
Extent:
1 carton and 1 box 1.65 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William S. Sharon and William C. Ralston business records, 1859-1886, BANC MSS 2009/171, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of collection consists of various forms of real estate legal documents of William S. Sharon including deeds, mortgages, conveyances, and trusts. Includes a $1,000,000 mortage of Sharon's with the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society. Also includes a number of similar documents for William C. Ralston and miscellaneous others. The real estate legal documents include transactions with notable persons in San Francisco history including Henry Haight, John W. Geary, James O'Farrell, and others.

Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Note:

Carton 1: Sharon and Ralston records. Box 1: Miscellaneous records.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Louisa Brandt (volunteer)
Date Prepared:
© May 2014
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: January 2016

Access and use

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William S. Sharon and William C. Ralston business records, 1859-1886, BANC MSS 2009/171, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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