Bale Family Papers, [ca. 1841-1899]

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Title:: Bale Family Papers,
Dates:: [ca. 1841-1899]
Creators:: Bales Family
Abstract:: Some accounts and legal papers of Dr. Edward T. Bale and papers relating to the establishment of his flour and saw mills in Napa Co., 1841-1849; personal and business papers of his wife, Maria I. Soberanes de Bale (niece of Mariano G. Vallejo), relating primarily to the management of their property, Carne Humana Rancho, Napa Valley, ca. 1850-1899.
Extent:: Number of containers: 2 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Bale Family papers, BANC MSS C-B 746, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Biographical / historical:: Dr. Edward Turner Bale, surgeon on the English ship Harriet, came to California in 1837, practiced medicine for several years in Monterey, and in 1840 was appointed surgeon of the Mexican army. In 1841 he married María Ignacia Soberanes, the niece of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and was granted the Carne Humana Rancho in the Napa Valley. From that date until his death in 1849, he made his residence there and began his work as one of the early promoters of industry north of San Francisco Bay. Among his important accomplishments were the construction of a water-power flour mill in 1846 and the erection of a sawmill in 1848.
Physical location:: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by The Bancroft Library staff
Date Prepared:: © 1997
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding; finding aid encoded by Xiuzhi Zhou. Date of source: ca. 1968.

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Bale Family papers, BANC MSS C-B 746, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US