Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Sweasey Family Papers,
- Dates:
- 1850-1948
- Creators:
- Sweasey family
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Sweasey Family Papers, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Marriage certificates, picture albums, family memoirs.
- Biographical / historical:
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William John Sweasey was born in England in 1804 and arrived in the United States in 1837. He came to California in 1850. In 1854, he served as an Assemblyman in the State Legislature. He pioneered the Eel River Valley in 1855 and was a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1879. He died in San Francisco on September 30, 1893.
Indexed terms
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], Sweasey Family 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