Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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Contents
History
Correspondents
Related Collections
Descriptive Summary
Title: Decker-Jewett Bank Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1850-1890
Box Number: Boxes 137, 140, 142-145
Creator:
Decker-Jewett Bank (Marysville, Calif.)
Extent: 6 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Unrestricted.
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the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Decker-Jewett Bank Papers, California State Library.
Access Points
Banks and banking--California--Marysville--History
Decker-Jewett Bank (Marysville, Calif.)
Deeds--California--Yolo County
Land titles--California--Yolo County--History
Contents
Business papers, certificates, correspondence, deeds, mining papers, sales of public land materials, tax receipts.
History
In 1858, Peter Decker and John H. Jewitt took over the business of Marysville, California's first bank from Mark Brumagim
& Co. and formed the partnership of Decker and Jewett. The bank was conducted as a private bank until the death of Peter Decker
in 1888, when it was incorporated as the Decker-Jewitt Bank. In 1910, Elliot McAllister became president of the bank after
acquiring John Jewitt's holdings. John Jewitt died in 1911. The bank continued in business until 1934 when its assets were
taken over by the Liquidation Office of the State Department of Banking. Prominent Marysville customers of the bank included
Pioneers John Q. Packard and Edwards H. Woodruff who were associates in a Marysville general mercantile business from 1849
to 1862. They remained partners in various enterprises until the death of Woodruff in 1899. John Packard died about 1907.
William C. Belcher was also a customer of the bank. Belcher, a lawyer, settled in Marysville in 1856 and formed a law partnership
with his brother I.S. Belcher. William Belcher died in 1895.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
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Decker, Peter, 1822-1888
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Jewett, John H.
Other Correspondents
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Bennett, C. W.
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Hanauer, A.
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Lawrence, Joab
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McChrystal, John
Related Collections
Title: John Augustus Sutter Jr. Collection,
Boxes 315-16.