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Cowan (Robert E.) collection of early California manuscripts
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Fremont Ackerman correspondence ca. 1888-1895

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box 1, folder 1

Correspondence n.d.

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence 1888 January 7 - 1890 January 1

box 1, folder 3

Correspondence 1890 January 5 - December 17

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Correspondence 1891 January 6 - February 17

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Correspondence 1892 August 15 - December 26

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence 1893 January 7 - December 23

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence 1894 February 10 - 1895 January 6

 

Alta California ca. 1834-1914

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box 2, folder 1

Alta California -- Settlement Instructions n.d.

box 2, folder 2

Alvarado, Juan Bautista 1842 June 21 - 1868 January 13

box 2, folder 3

Berreyesa ca. 1840 May 1 - 1845 July 29

box 2, folder 4

Castro Family Papers -- 1 of 2 ca. 1909 March 23 - 1914 September 16

box 2, folder 5

Castro Family Papers -- 2 of 2 ca. 1836 May 24 - 1864 September 20

box 2, folder 6

Correspondence 1849 April 7 - 1896 July 11

box 2, folder 7

"El Trovador" 1874 August 19

box 2, folder 8

Estudillo ca. 1838 February 11 - 1860 June 22

box 2, folder 9

La Cronica n.d.

box 2, folder 10

Mexican-American War 1846 July 26 - 1855 January 4

box 2, folder 11

Miscellaneous ca. 1841 October 28

box 2, folder 12

Peralta 1876 September 26

box 2, folder 13

Pico 1845 September 26 - 1854 April 23

box 2, folder 14

Property Documents ca. 1834 December 24 - 1866 June 13

box 2, folder 15

Vallejo ca. 1839 January 17 - 1863 April 14

 

Attorneys, court, and legal records ca. 1841-1896

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box 3, folder 1

Brooks, Benjamin S. (Sherman) ca. 1841 - 1873 February 18

box 3, folder 2

Clarke, Samuel J. ca. 1865 January 5 - 1887 March 2

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Court/Legal Records -- Alameda County 1859

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Court/Legal Records -- Amador County 1863 November 19 - 1867 November 29

box 3, folder 5

Court/Legal Records -- California Supreme Court ca. 1851 January 10 - 1865 December

box 3, folder 6

Court/Legal Records -- California District Court 1850 May 22 - 1865 November 23

box 3, folder 7

Court/Legal Records -- Foreign Jurisdictions ca. 1856 November 24 - 28

box 3, folder 8

Court/Legal Records -- Fresno County 1856 November 3 - 1862 October 11

box 3, folder 9

Court/Legal Records -- Miscellaneous ca. 1846 October 1 - 1866 June 9

box 3, folder 10

Court/Legal Records -- Sacramento County 1866 August 25

box 3, folder 11

Court/Legal Records -- San Bernardino County 1896 January 21 - August 26

box 3, folder 12

Court/Legal Records -- San Diego County 1869 August 25 - 1880 December 2

box 3, folder 13

Court/Legal Records -- San Francisco County ca. 1850 - 1894 May 12

box 3, folder 14

Court/Legal Records -- Santa Clara County ca. 1851 November 13 - 1858 January 9

box 3, folder 15

Court/Legal Records -- Sierra County 1867 July 17

box 3, folder 16

Court/Legal Records -- Siskiyou County ca. 1858 December 7 - 1861 October 26

box 3, folder 17

Court/Legal Records -- Yolo County 1862 July 5

box 3, folder 18

Crockett, Joseph B. 1856 July 28 - 1865 December

box 3, folder 19

Freeman, Eugene M. ca. 1887 May 4 - 1888 August 16

box 3, folder 20

Lynch, Edward P. ca. 1881 March 1 - 1888 March 22

box 3, folder 21

Martel, James L. 1848 October 17 - 1887 December 7

box 3, folder 22

Court/Legal Records -- California Supreme Court ca. 1861 February 6 - 1863 February 16

 

Mexico ca. 1551-1855

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box 4, folder 1

"History of the Chichimeca Nation" -- 1 of 4 n.d.

box 4, folder 2

"History of the Chichimeca Nation" -- 2 of 4 n.d.

box 4, folder 3

"History of the Chichimeca Nation" -- 3 of 4 n.d

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"History of the Chichimeca Nation" -- 4 of 4 n.d

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Legal Document ca. 1551 August 2

box 4, folder 6

Legal Document 1591 September 8

box 4, folder 7

Signature Book n.d.

box 4, folder 8

Sonora Colonization 1855 February 15 - March 3

 

Newspaper clippings & manuscripts ca. 1844-1892

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box 5, folder 1

Daily Alta ca. 1856 November

box 5, folder 2

Pfieffer, George ca. 1855 December 20 - 1860 December 30

box 5, folder 3

Scrapbook ca. 1854 January - 1863 January 9

box 5, folder 4

Shaw, William J. T. ca. 1844 - 1892 September 6

 

Northern California ca. 1845-1932

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box 6, folder 1

Account Ledgers 1850 November 21 - 1855 July 17

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Adams & Company Express ca. 1851 December 4 - 1854 September 29

box 6, folder 3

Alcatraz 1864 July 24 - 29

box 6, folder 4

Alvarado Water Company 1861 November 11 - 1895 February 19

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Banking Transactions 1850 April 2 - 1867 August 2

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Bear River Inn 1852 January 26

box 6, folder 7

Cadiz, Joseph G. ca. 1882 May 25

box 6, folder 8

California Academy of Sciences ca. 1885

box 6, folder 9

California State Land Office ca. 1852 - 1876 March 14

box 6, folder 10

Callahan, D. E. 1855 July 27 - 1860 July 30

box 6, folder 11

Chilean Consulate 1874 June 13

box 6, folder 12

Chinese ca. 1849 June 7 - 1864 April 11

box 6, folder 13

Churches ca. 1860 June 11 - 1861

box 6, folder 14

Cole, Dr. R. Beverly ca. 1856

box 6, folder 15

Contra Costa Water Company 1890 February 18

General Physical Description note: photographs
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Correspondence n.d.

General Physical Description note: photographs
box 6, folder 17

Correspondence 1847 August 4 - 1848 April 10

General Physical Description note: photographs
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Correspondence 1850 September 7 - 1859 September 9

General Physical Description note: photographs
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Correspondence 1860 July 9 - 1868 October 19

General Physical Description note: photographs
box 6, folder 20

Correspondence ca. 1872 April 26 - 1879 August 6

box 6, folder 21

Correspondence ca. 1882 February 5 - 1889 May 10

box 6, folder 22

Correspondence ca. 1890 October 21 - 1932

box 6, folder 23

Davis, William Heath -- Account Ledgers ca. 1846 - 1847 December

box 6, folder 24

Davis, illiam Heath -- Correspondence 1845 October 1 - 1854 March 1

box 6, folder 25

Dexter, Henry Stanley ca. 1851 March 12 - 1877 February 28

box 6, folder 26

Eastman, T. M. 1865 May 22 - 1866 April 5

box 6, folder 27

Edwards, Frank G. 1858 December 13 - 1869 August 12

box 6, folder 28

Field & Co. -- Nevada City ca. 1851 March 22 - July 25

box 6, folder 29

First National Gold Bank of San Francisco ca. 1870 - 1871

box 6, folder 30

Fremont, John Charles ca. 1857 January 1 - 1861 February 26

box 6, folder 31

Gillespie, Charles V. ca. 1856 March

box 6, folder 32

Insurance 1860 January 19 - 1868 October 14

box 6, folder 33

Langley, Henry G. 1855 October 5 - December 7

box 6, folder 34

Latham, Milton S. 1852 May 20 - December 6

box 6, folder 35

Leese, Jacob Primer ca. 1846 November 28 - 1849 June 25

box 6, folder 36

Legislature ca. 1852 May 3 - 1858

box 7, folder 1

Marriage Documents 1850 February 9 - 1870 May 21

box 7, folder 2

Mechanics Institute 1858 September 21 - 1879 January 8

box 7, folder 3

Military ca. 1847 March 1 - 1880

box 7, folder 4

Mining ca. 1853 June 26 - 1888 February 7

box 7, folder 5

Miscellaneous ca. 1855 November 13 - 1892 February 18

box 7, folder 6

Myles, Dr. Henry R. 1860 July 9 - 1865 December 28

box 7, folder 7

Passenger Lists ca. 1849 March 2 - 1885

box 7, folder 8

Pierce & Company ca. 1856 June 3 - 1869 July 26

box 7, folder 9

Promissory Notes/Liens 1850 January 19 - 1870 December 16

box 7, folder 10

Purchase Orders/Invoice Receipts ca. 1847 August 10 - 1869 October 21

box 7, folder 11

Railroad Companies ca. 1857 March 14 - 1887 August 25

box 7, folder 12

Rents ca. 1853 November 11 - 1871 October 20

box 7, folder 13

Richardson S. S. [Samuel Stone] ca. 1853 June - 1868 March 23

box 7, folder 14

San Francisco -- Municipal Records ca. 1848 April 20 - 1883 March 17

box 7, folder 15

Schools ca. 1853 September 1 - 1868 April 21

box 7, folder 16

Shipping and Trade Records ca. 1849 February 5 - 1868 October 14

box 7, folder 17

Society of California Pioneers 1868 July 1

box 7, folder 18

Society of California Volunteers 1854 October 21 - 1890 October 28

box 7, folder 19

Spring Valley Water Co. 1863 November 4 - 1864 February 1

box 7, folder 20

Steamboats/Steamships ca. 1851 July 22 - 1868 April 25

box 7, folder 21

Stocks 1857 March 18 - 1871 September 4

box 7, folder 22

Tax Receipts and Records ca. 1852 October - 1894

box 7, folder 23

Telegraph/Telephone ca. 1861 March - 1882 September 16

box 7, folder 24

Tuolumne County ca. 1850 June 3 - 1855 October 31

box 7, folder 25

Tuolumne Hydraulic Association 1853 February 9 - October 5

box 7, folder 26

U.S. Treasury -- San Francisco ca. 1851 March 29 - 1869 September 14

box 7, folder 27

Water Companies 1854 March 4 - 1860 June 1

box 7, folder 28

Williams, A. F. (A. J.) 1871 March 23

box 7, folder 29

Williams, Stephen Hedden 1865 March 17 - March 18

box 7, folder 30

Wilson, Benjamin D. 1856 June 15 - 1886 November 13

box 10

Chinese 1870 June 22

box 10

Shipping and Trade Records n.d.

 

Pacific Northwest ca. 1845-1890

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box 8, folder 1

British Columbia 1858 July 24

box 8, folder 2

Oregon Cavalry 1864 July 19

box 8, folder 3

Oregon Central Railroad Company ca. 1867 - 1869 September 7

box 8, folder 4

Oregon -- Correspondence ca. 1848 February 29 - 1867 July 30

box 8, folder 5

Oregon -- Court Records ca. 1851 November 13 - 1867 March 29

box 8, folder 6

Oregon -- Miscellaneous ca. 1851 July 4 - 1890 August 30

box 8, folder 7

Oregon -- Property Records 1850 April 24 - 1865 May 1

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Oregon -- Territory Board (Jackson County) ca. 1856 June 5 - 1866

box 8, folder 9

Washington ca. 1845 May 5 - 1880 May 18

box 10

British Columbia n.d.

box 10

Oregon -- Court Records ca. 1861 July 1

box 10

Oregon -- Property Records 1858 July 12

 

Property records ca. 1847-1877.

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box 8, folder 10

Alameda County 1872 December 20 - 1873 January 20

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Amador County 1863 July 22 - August 28

box 8, folder 12

Calaveras County ca. 1863 March 31 - 1867 January 5

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Contra Costa County n.d.

box 8, folder 14

Marin County ca. 1856 February 9 - 1861 November 1

box 8, folder 15

Mendocino County 1858 April 23 - May 4

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Monterey County n.d.

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Napa County 1853 July 21

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Nevada 1861 April 20 - 1870 November 11

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Sacramento County 1851 February 11 - 1869 March 27

box 9, folder 1

San Francisco County (1 of 3) ca. 1847 July 13 - 1858 December 9

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San Francisco County (2 of 3) ca. 1860 May 7 - 1868 June 18

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San Francisco County (3 of 3) 1871 June 5 - 1877 August 6

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San Mateo County 1863 March 17 - 1869 December 28

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Santa Cruz County 1864 October 22 - 1871 April 22

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Sierra County 1867 July 9 - 1870 November 26

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Siskiyou County 1854 February 9 - 1861 October 26

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Solano County 1857 December 23

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Sonoma County 1848 September 25 - 1849 December 10

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Texas 1854 November 17 - 1858 November 27

box 9, folder 11

Trinity County 1852 April 26