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Descriptive Summary
Title: George Gordon Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1866-1867
Box Number: 208
Creator:
Gordon, George, 1819-1869
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], George Gordon Letters, California State Library.
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Sugar beet--California
Sugar--Manufacture and refining--California
San Francisco and Pacific Sugar Refinery
Pioneers--California--San Francisco
Gordon, George, 1819-1869
Contents
Correspondence.
Biography
George Gordon was born in Scotland in 1819 and came to California in 1849. In 1850, he built Howison's Pier, one of the earliest
wharves in San Francisco. In 1852, he bought land in San Francisco and laid out South Park. In 1857, he founded the San Francisco
and Pacific Sugar Refinery and operated it until his death. He made efforts to introduce beet sugar making into California
conducting research in Europe on the subject. Gordon died May 22, 1869.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
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Gordon, George, 1819-1869.
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Doyle, John T. (John Thomas), 1819-1906.
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