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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: A. Brown Co. records
Creator:
Brown, Andrew
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0687
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear Feet
(16 document boxes and 1 oversize carton)
Date (inclusive): 1880-1935
Abstract: Andrew Brown (1829-1909) was born in Ireland. In 1852, he sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco. He later went into the
mercantile business, purchased thousands of acres of land, built a flour mill and a lumber mill and became engaged extensively
in farming as well as raising cattle and horses. The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, receipts, bills,
and other papers connected with Andrew Brown's store in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and agent for the Wells
Fargo and Company's Express, and his other business interests.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], A. Brown Co. Records (Collection 687). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. P. Sumner Brown and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Pallette, August 1935.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942302863606533
Andrew Brown was one of the pioneers of Kernville. He was born in Ireland on September 15, 1829; came to Philadelphia as a
young man and in 1852 sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; after a try at mining and farming, he went to Kernville and
operated the quartz mill of Joseph W. Sumner, whose daughter he married in 1873; later went into the mercantile business,
owning a very successful general store at Kernville and one at Weldon; was owner of thousands of acres of land, and became
engaged extensively in farming and raising cattle and horses; built a flour mill and a lumber mill; was known throughout Kern
County as a prominent and active citizen; retired in 1904 and moved to Los Angeles; he died on October 12, 1909.
Collection consists of correspondence, business papers, receipts, bills, and other papers connected with Andrew Brown's store
in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and agent for the Wells Fargo and Company's Express, and his other business
interests.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pioneers -- California -- Kern County -- Archives.
Brown, Andrew--Archives.
A. Brown Co.--Archives