Macomber Brothers Papers, 1866-1867

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Macomber Brothers Papers,
Dates:
1866-1867
Creators:
Macomber family
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Macomber Brothers Papers, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence and receipts.

Biographical / historical:

The Macomber brothers, George (May 1814 - June3, 1900), Henry (December 1836- August 2, 1908), and Frederick S. (born February 1838) of Utica, New York, arrived in California in 1850. They mined gold in several counties and, 1861, bought a large orchard in Sonora, establishing a pickle, apple cider and apple cider vinegar works. The cider works produced champagne cider.

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], Macomber Brothers Papers, 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