Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- James Frazier Reed Papers,
- Dates:
- 1843-1851
- Creators:
- Reed, James Frazier, 1800-1874
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], James Frazier Reed Papers, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, legal papers, appointments, petitions for land timber, deeds, contracts, business and military papers.
- Biographical / historical:
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James Frazier Reed was born in Ireland, November 14, 1800. He lived in Virginia and Illinois before comeing to California. He and Abraham Lincoln were privates in the same company in the Black Hawk War. He, with his wife, four children and mother, came to California as members of the Donner Party in 1846. He was a miner and later settled in San Jose, working to make San Jose the capitol of the state, and contributing land for that purpose. He died in San Jose, July 24, 1874.
- Physical description:
- 1 box
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Pioneers--California
- Names:
- Reed, James Frazier, 1800-1874
- Places:
- San Jose (Calif.)--History
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:
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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 Frazier Reed Papers, 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