Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- David Hewes Collection,
- Dates:
- 1850-1913
- Creators:
- Hewes, David
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], David Hewes Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Correspondence and manuscript narrative of the life of David Hewes.
- Biographical / historical:
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David Hewes was born May 16, 1822, in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He came to California in 1850 and worked as a storekeeper. In 1852, he moved to San Francisco and entered into a contracting business, grading and leveling hills and filling in the San Francisco Bay. In 1881, he moved to Tustin, California, where he operated a fruit ranch. He died in Orange, California, July 23, 1915.
- Physical description:
- 1 box
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Pioneers--California
- Names:
- Hewes, David
- Places:
- Sacramento (Calif.)--History
San Francisco (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:
-
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], David Hewes 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