Fay Brothers Collection, 1850-1868

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Fay Brothers Collection,
Dates:
1850-1868
Creators:
Fay family
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Fay Brothers Collection, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence and business papers of David, Patrick, Logan, and John Fay.

Biographical / historical:

Four Fay brothers, Jeremiah, David, John, and Logan, came to California from New York in 1849. They were joined in 1852 by Patrick Fay. In 1853, David and Logan started a soap factory in San Francisco; they sold it to John in 1856. In 1856, Logan returned to New York and entered into a partnership with Patrick. In 1858, David and Patrick invested in a steamer, the "Pelican", which they later sold to Ben Halliday. John remained in business in San Francisco.

Physical description:
1 box

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Unrestricted.

Terms of access:

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:

[Identification of item], Fay Brothers Collection, California State Library.

Location of this collection:
900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
Contact:
(916) 654-0176