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John Fisk Bigelow family papers, 1882-1926.
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John Fisk Bigelow family papers, 1882-1926Creator/Contributor:
Bigelow, John Fisk, 1849-1912, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Nevada, District Court (Storey County : 1st Judicial District)Abstract:
Contains an official certificate of United States citizenship (42 x 28 cm) issued to J.F. Bigelow by the District Court of
the First Judicial District of Nevada on February 20, 1882. Signed by the clerk of the court, J.A. Mahoney, with an embossed
gold paper seal of the court affixed. On verso are nine registration notes and stamps, signed by various county registrars
of voters in Nevada and California, for the years 1882, 1884, 1888, 1891, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, and 1904. Seven of these
are for San Francisco County. Also includes one clipping about Bigelow's retirement from Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco Chronicle,
May 6, 1906), three obituary clippings of his wife, Emma Priscilla Bigelow (née Rulofson; died February 24, 1926), and two
printed visiting cards of Thomas F. Green, circa 1892.
Date:
1882 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-nvBigelow, John Fisk -- 1849-1912 -- Archives
Bigelow, John Fisk -- 1849-1912 -- Family -- Archives
Bigelow, Emma Priscilla -- 1850-1926
Bankers -- California -- San Francisco
Bankers -- Nevada
Note:
John Fisk Bigelow family papers, BANC MSS 2013/77, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2014.225).
John Fisk Bigelow (1849-1912) was a vice-president of Nevada National Bank for 17 years before it was acquired by Wells Fargo
Bank in 1905. He held the same position with Wells Fargo until his retirement in 1906.
In English.
Type:
Family papers.Certificates.
Clippings.
Obituaries.
Visiting cards.
Physical Description:
print
1 folder.
Language:
English