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Guide to the Rodman M. Price papers, 1843-1892.
BANC MSS C-B 455  
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Box 1:

Letters from Rodman McCamley Price: 6 letters, 1850-1880.

Scope and Content Note

Includecopies and drafts.
 

Letters to Rodman McCamley Price and others, arranged alphabetically.

see partial list of correspondents

 

Papers as Purser, U. S. Navy

 

Passport issued in Gibraltar in 1843

 

Various vouchers and accounts, 1842-1850

 

Papers relating to prize money of the Cyane (6 items)

 

Papers relating to discharge of sailors on the Warren (4 items), 1850-1851

 

Transcript of proceedings of case U. S. vs. Rodman McCamley Price, copied from the Trenton State Gazette, 1856

 

 

Miscellaneous legal papers, indentures and agreements, 1849-1880, copies and originals

Scope and Content Note

Including abstract of title, indentures and satisfaction of mortgage on San Francisco property.
 

Accounts

Scope and Content Note

Including receipts, promissory notes etc., 1842-1853, 13 items, arranged chronologically. Also 11 checks drawn on Merchant's Exchange Bank, 1849-1850.
 

Miscellany

Scope and Content Note

Transcripts from various newspapers relating to R. M. Price' s peculations. Two compositions by Francis Price, 1855-1856.
 

Ward & Price, (firm), New York. Papers:

 

Correspondence, arranged alphabetically.

see partial list of correspondents

 

Promissory notes, 1850 (11 items)

 

Bills of exchange, drawn on Godeffory, Sillem & Co., 1849-1851 (48 pieces)

 

Bills of exchange, etc., 63 items, alphabetically arranged.

Scope and Content Note

Include orders from Alexander G. Abell, Alfred J. Ellis, Thomas Oliver Larkin, Albert Priest, and others.
 

Bills and receipts, 58 pieces, 1850-1851, alphabetically arranged.

 

Accounts current, 1849-1850, 5 pieces (for Ward & Co.)

 

Accounts current, 1850, 3 items

 

Checks drawn on Merchants Exchange Bank, 1850, 287 pieces.

 

Checks drawn on Phenix Bank, 1850, 401 items

 

Miscellaneous, 1850-1852, 2 items.

Box 2:

Papers relating to law suits.

 

Price vs. Ward et al.

 

Certified copy of proceedings, July 7, 1853

 

Du Pont vs. Weatherbee, Price et al.

 

Papers relating to the trial, 1857-1859

 

Depositions

 

Documents (originals, copies of abstracts, conveyances) used in the trial

 

Review of opinion of the Supreme Court

 

Miscellaneous notes

 

Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Copies of documents, mainly relating to property in San Francisco -powers of attorney, deeds, agreements, receipts, etc. 37 items, 1847-1859.

 

Papers relating to the trial, 1854-1864

 

Interrogatories

 

Schedules A and B

 

Depositions, affidavits

 

Miscellaneous notes

 

Fees in the case

carton 

Price vs. Weehawken Ferry Co.

 

Papers, 1866. 5 items. See also Price vs. Price.

carton 

Price vs. Price

 

Papers, 1869-1880.

Scope and Content Note

Relate to Rodman Price's father's estate. 3 items.

Partial Lists of Correspondents

Letters to Rodman McCamley Price and Others

 

Ball, A. Everett

 

1 letter, Nov. 21, 1887

See also Edwin Lewis folder, in which a letter to Lewis, dated Apr. 27, 1887, is to be found.

 

Bigelow, Samuel F.

 

1 letter, Nov. 28, 1882

 

Boyce, Isaac G.

 

1 letter, Dec. 20, 1853

 

Brannan, Samuel, 1819-1889

 

1 letter, Aug. 31, 1852. Written for him and also signed by A. Wardwell.

 

Crosby, Henry R.

 

1 letter, July 12, 1886

 

Cummins, John

 

1 letter, Mar. 3, 1853

 

Cummins, Alexander & Green (firm), New York

 

17 letters, 1857-1864. Mainly to Rapallo & Doyle, and relate to case Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Dana, A. H.

 

1 letter, Aug. 16, 1861, addressed to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Develin, John E.

 

1 letter, Oct. 1, 1861, addressed to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Dewey, Squire Pierce, 1818-

 

1 letter, Oct. 22, 1856, addressed to Samuel Francis Du Pont, concerning Du Pont's property in San Francisco. Copy only.

 

Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865

 

3 letters, 1855-1856, relating to Price's disposal of Du Pont's property in San Francisco. Addressed to John Libby Folsom and to Squire P. Dewey. Copies only.

 

Fullerton, William

 

1 letter, July 15, 1864, addressed to S. E Lyon, relating to Price Vs. Dewey et al.

 

Graham, William Alexander, 1804-1875

See U S. Navy Department.

 

Hart, Jesse B.

 

1 letter, Jan. 19, 1860, relating to witnesses in the case Price Vs. Dewey et al. 2 copies.

 

Hawes, Horace, 1813-1871

 

2 letters, May 1850, to Aert M. Van Nostrand, concerning power of attorney from Thomas H. Stevens to Rodman M. Price. Copies only.

 

Janes, H. P.

 

1 letter, Sept. 17, 1857, to Hall McAllister, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Johnson, John Neely, 1825-1872

 

1 letter, Mar. 10, 1856

 

Keyes, Erasmus Darwin, 1810-1895

 

2 letters, 1854-1857, to Squire P. Dewey and to Rapallo & Doyle, relatingto Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Lewis, Edwin

 

7 letters, 1854-1889, to his uncle. Some signed "Ned." Letter of Apr. 27, 1887 includes a letter of the same date from A. Everett Ball, addressed to Lewis.

 

Lewis, John R.

 

1 letter, Oct. 28, 1885, to his uncle, Rodman M. Price.

 

Lewis, J. Roome

 

2 letters, 1866, to his brother, Rodman Price Lewis.

 

Lewis, Rodman Price

 

1 letter, Feb. 2, 1880, to his aunt, Matilda S. (Trenchard) Price, (Mrs. Rodman M. Price).

 

Marshall, Edward C.

 

1 letter, June 26, 1883

 

Morris, William Gouverneur, d. 1884

 

1 letter, Mar. 4, 1856

 

Newton, John Thomas

 

1 letter, Feb. 4, 1853

 

O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884

 

1 letter, Feb. 24, 1862, addressed to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Page, James M.

 

1 letter, Oct. 8, 1883

 

Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862

See U.S Navy Department.

 

Price, Edward Trenchard

 

2 letters, 1881-1882

 

Price, Francis

 

1 letter, July 4, 1880, to his mother, Matilda (Trenchard) Price.

 

Price, Rodman McCamley

 

3 letters, 1879-1882, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Price.

 

Prince, J. Hardy

 

2 letters, 1850, concerning prize money for captures by sloop Cyane.

 

Revere, Joseph Warren, 1812-1880

 

1 letter, Apr. 2, 1854

 

Salisbury, Edward

 

1 letter, Oct. 21, 1876

 

Seymour, Charles H.

 

1 letter, Mar. 30, 1891

 

Sherburne, J. A.

 

1 letter, June 29, 1850

 

Shuttleworth, W.

 

1 letter, Jan. 2, 1853

 

Simons, William W.

 

1 letter, Feb. 25, 1852, concerning prize money of Cyane.

 

Stevens, Thomas H.

 

1 letter, Mar. 20, 1850, addressed to Aert M. Van Nostrand, concerning sale of Steven's property in San Francisco. Copy only.

 

Sutherland, Josiah

 

2 letters, 1862, to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.

 

Thomas, J. Bayard

 

3 letters, 1850, relating to Price's accounts as purser, U. S. Navy.

 

Tichenor, F. M.

 

3 letters, 1880, addressed to Squire P. Dewey.

 

U.S. Navy department

 

3 letters, 1850-1854. Signed by William Ballard Preston, William Alexander Graham and William Sinclair. Relate to Rodman M. Price's duties as purser, U. S. Navy. Letter of July 20, 1850 includes copy of letter by Price, July 24, 1850.

 

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

See Van Nostrand, Aert M

 

Van Alstine, Cornelius J., d. 1866

 

1 letter, July 10, 1852

 

Van Nostrand, Aert M.

 

14 letters, 1850-1857. Written mainly as Price's agent, relating to Price's San Francisco property. Letter of May 7, 1850 is copy only of letter to Horace Hawes. Letter of Mar. 11-31, 1850, includes document signed by M. G. Vallejo.

 

Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884

 

2 letters, 1854-1858, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al. Copies only.

 

Wilson, Joseph

 

1 letter, Sept. 27, 1851. At end of page, copy of letter by Rodman M. Price to James E Heath.

Correspondents of Ward & Price

 

Devereux, George T.

 

1 letter, May 23, 1851

 

Godeffroy, Sillem & Co. (firm), San Francisco

 

39 letters, 1849-1852

 

Gray, John B.

 

1 letter, Sept. 10, 1850

 

Hobson, William L.

 

1 letter, Feb. 2, 1851

 

Judah, Charles D.

 

1 letter, Feb. 28, 1851

 

McAdam, John

 

1 letter, Dec. 14, 1850

 

McAllister, (Matthew Hall & Hall), firm, San Francisco

 

1 letter, Feb. 1, 1851

 

Missroon, John Stoney, 1810-1865

 

1 letter, Aug. 23, 1850

 

Snyder, Jacob R., 1813-1878

 

1 letter, May 24, 1850

 

Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878

 

1 letter, Mar. 31, 1851. Written and signed for him by W. O. B. Sanford.