Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- John Daniel Goodwin Collection,
- Dates:
- 1857-1885
- Creators:
- Goodwin, John Daniel, 1829-1908
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], John Daniel Goodwin Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, business papers, legal papers, mining papers, miscellany.
- Biographical / historical:
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John D. Goodwin was born in South Carolina November 6, 1829. He came to California in 1850, prospecting for gold in Plumas County. He was elected County Clerk in 1859 and began to study law. In 1863, he became an attorney and formed a partnership with Creed Haymond. From 1865 to 1867, he represented Plumas County in the State Assembly. After 1867, he practiced law at Quincy, the county seat, until 1876 when he was appointed a district court judge. In 1878, he was defeated for re-election and returned to private practice. From 1891 to 1902, he was in law partnership with U. S. Webb. In 1905, he was appointed a Superior Court judge of Plumas County and elected to that place at the ensuing election. He died March 5, 1908.
- Physical description:
- 26 boxes
Indexed terms
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:
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[Identification of item], John Daniel Goodwin Collection, 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