Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Cyrus T. Wheeler Papers,
- Dates:
- 1855-1930
- Creators:
- McInitire, John A. (John Albert), 1907-
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Cyrus T. Wheeler Papers, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, business papers, estate materials administered by his executor, John A. McIntire, and mining investment materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Cyrus T. Wheeler was born in New York in 1825. He came to California in 1850 and settled in Sacramento. In 1851, he and Newton Booth became partners in Booth & Co., importers and wholesale grocers. They remained partners until Wheelers'death in 1892. Wheeler was a prominent Sacramentan and was a private banker dealing with activities in the gold rush area in financing and speculation in mining.
- 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:
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[Identification of item], Cyrus T. Wheeler 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