Guide to the George Gordon Letters, 1866-1867
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Guide to the George Gordon Letters, 1866-1867
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: George Gordon Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1866-1867
Box Number: 208
Creator:
Gordon, George, 1819-1869
Extent: 1 box
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Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
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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
Correspondence.
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.
- Gordon, George, 1819-1869.
- Doyle, John T. (John Thomas), 1819-1906.
- Redington, John
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Title: John Thomas Doyle Collection -Boxes 470-77.
Box 208
Letters arranged by date