Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- DeWitt Clinton Thompson Papers,
- Dates:
- 1858-1900
- Creators:
- Thompson, DeWitt Clinton, d.1919
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], DeWitt Clinton Thompson Papers, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Business, military and family papers.
- Biographical / historical:
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DeWitt Clinton Thompson arrived in San Francisco on the steamer California in 1849. He was in real estate and business, and became a city official in San Francisco. He was one of the founders of the State Agricultural Society, in 1854. In 1865 he organized the National Insurance Company; in 1868, the California Trust Company, and in 1876, the Bank of Commerce. He was appointed Major General of California in 1874. He died at his home in Santa Rosa on May 13, 1919.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Pioneers--California
- Names:
- Thompson, DeWitt Clinton, d.. 1919
- Places:
- United States-History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], DeWitt Clinton Thompson Papers, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176