Guide to the William Higby Letters, 1837-1859
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Guide to the William Higby Letters, 1837-1859
California State Library
Sacramento, California
- California History Room
- California State Library
- Library and Courts Building II
- 900 N. Street, Room 200
- P.O. Box 942837
- Sacramento, California 94237-0001
- Phone: (916) 654-0176
- Fax: (916) 654-8777
- Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
- URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
- Processed by:
- The California State Library staff
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1999 California State Library. All rights reserved.
Title: William Higby Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1837-1859
Box Number: 218
Creator:
Higby, William, 1813-1887
Extent: 1 box
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English.
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California--Gold discoveries
Lawyers--California
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Calaveras County (Calif.)--History
California--Politics and government
Higby, William, 1813-1887
Letters of William Higby to his mother and father.
William Higby was born in New York August 18, 1813. He was a lawyer by profession, coming to California in 1850. He practiced
law in San Francisco, then mined for gold at Mokelumne Hill. He was elected District Attorney of Calaveras County (1843-59)
and was later elected to the State Senate (1863). In 1863, Higby was elected to Congress serving three terms (1863-68). In
1877, he became Internal Revenue Collector for California. He died at Santa Rosa, California, November 26, 1887.
- Higby, William, 1813-1887
Box 218
Arranged chronologically