Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Edinger and Johnston Company Collection,
- Dates:
- 1884-1923
- Creators:
- Edinger and Johnston Company
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Edinger and Johnston Company Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, business and legal papers, certificates, stocks, miscellaneous.
- Biographical / historical:
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William Johnston (June 2, 1879--November 15, 1905) arrived in Sacramento on August 26, 1849 to mine gold. He returned to Richland, California in September of 1850 to claim 160 acres for farming. He married Elizabeth Hite in 1854 and they had three children; M. Bella, William and Mary J. (Matie). Johnston was elected Assemblyman in 1871, Senator in 1880-1881. Frank A. Edinger married Mary J. Johnston and subsequently became part owner of the Johnston ranch. He was also a railroad dispatcher.
- Physical description:
- 3 boxes
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:
-
[Identification of item], Edinger and Johnston Company Collection, 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