Guide to the United States, Custom House, San Francisco records, 1847-1912

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Guide to the United States, Custom House, San Francisco Records, 1847-1912

Collection number: BANC MSS C-A 169 Pt. III

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:: The Bancroft Library staff
Date Completed:: Apr. 3, 1962
Encoded by:: James Lake

Collection Summary

Collection Title: United States, Custom House, San Francisco Records,

Date (inclusive): 1847-1912

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-A 169 Pt. III

Creator: United States Custom House (San Francisco, Calif.)

Extent: Number of containers: 1 box and 1 carton

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Correspondence, accounts, powers of attorney for sale of ships and cargoes, bills of sale, certificates (including permit to Louis Le Chard to land a wooden house, 1850, on printed form by California Courier Press) reports and miscellaneous papers.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], United States, Custom House, San Francisco records, BANC MSS C-A 169 Pt. III, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

From material acquired in 1946 and some items from T. W. Norris Collection. Box I contains correspondence, arranged alphabetically, pertaining to the business of the Custom House. Carton I contains reports from various officials in the Custom House to the Collector of Customs; power of attorney for sale of merchandise or sale of ships; certificates; some accounts, a few relating to the construction and maintenance of the Custom House and the Marine Hospital.

box Box

Correspondence - Incoming

Correspondence - Outgoing

Latham, Milton Slocum, 1827-1882

2 letters, 1855-1856, as Collector of Customs, San Francisco

carton Carton

Bills of sale, 1851-1902

Builders certificates, 1869

Certificates of the Inspector of Measures, 1852-1869

Licenses, 1874-1897

Power of attorneys for sale of boats or merchandise. Arranged alphabetically, 1850-1874. From Lilburn W. Boggs, Henry Failing, James Putnam Hunt, Alexander Forbes and others.

Reports from various officials to Collectors of Customs.

U. S. Appraisers' Office

Appraisals, 1853-1865

Reports, 1863-1864

U. S. Appraisers' Store

Reports, 1864

Cash reports, 1852-1877

Warehouse Dept.

Reports, 1864

Cash reports, 1852

Correspondence relating to construction of Custom House, 1852-1855

Accounts for construction and repair of Custom House, 1853-1865

Accounts relating to construction of Marine Hospital, 1853-1855

Miscellaneous papers relating to Custom House business, arranged chronologically; 1850-1912. Include invoices, permits, certificates, etc.

Additional Note

(Le Chard item in this group.)

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

Letter, Dec. 10, 1873

Higby, William, 1813-1887

Letter, June 14, 1851

McAllister, Mathew Hall, 1800-1865

Letter, July 14, 1851

Moore, Jacob Bailey, 1797-1853

see U. S. Post Office, San Francisco

Shubrick, William Branford, 1790-1874

Letter, Sept. 15, 1847, with regulations for Harbors of California. Written as Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces in the Pacific.

U. S. Post Office, San Francisco

Letter, June 22, 1851, written and signed by Jacob Bailey Moore

U. S. Treasury Dept.

166 letters, 1851-1875. Signed by William L. Hodge, Thomas Corwin, George F. Comstock, T. A. Jenkins, James Guthrie, P. C. Washington, H. J. Anderson, F. B. Streeter, Howell Cobb, Gilbert Rodman, Powell Clayton, S. P. Chase, Geo. Herrington, Hugh McCulloch, Geo. Boutwell.

Wozencraft, Oliver M., ca. 1815-1887

Letter, May 21, 1851