Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- James Franklin Houghton Collection,
- Dates:
- 1853-1855
- Creators:
- Houghton, James Franklin, 1827-1903
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], James Franklin Houghton Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence relating to the California lumber firm of Pine and Houghton.
- Biographical / historical:
-
James Franklin Houghton was born December 1, 1827 in Massachusetts. He came to California in 1850 and founded the lumber firm of Pine and Houghton. By profession, he was a civil engineer serving from 1862-1868 as Surveyor General of California. He died in San Francisco January 31, 1903.
- Physical description:
- 1 box
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Lumber trade--California
- Names:
- Pine and Houghton
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:
-
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], James Franklin Houghton 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