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John Thomas Doyle letterbooks, 1858-1906.
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John Thomas Doyle letterbooks, 1858-1906John T. Doyle letterbooks
Creator/Contributor:
Doyle, John T. (John Thomas), 1819-1906, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890Creator/Contributor:
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890Creator/Contributor:
Doyle, John T. (John Thomas), 1819-1906, correspondent.Abstract:
Letterpress copies of private and business letters of a California lawyer. Many relate to the Pious Fund litigation, the estate
of Peter Donahue and other important cases in his extensive legal practice. Also includes references to his vineyards and
winery.
Date:
1858 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caDoyle, John T. (John Thomas) -- 1819-1906 -- Archives
Doyle, John T. (John Thomas) -- 1819-1906 -- Correspondence
Donahue, Peter -- 1822-1885 -- Estate of
Hartnett, Michael -- -1871
Pious Fund of the Californias.
Minietta Belle Silver Mining Company.
Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Land tenure -- California
Wine and wine making -- California
Mariposa Estate (Calif.)
Note:
John Thomas Doyle letterbooks, 1858-1906, BANC MSS C-B 456, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
For fifty years, John Thomas Doyle worked on the "Pious Fund" case as legal counselor for San Francisco Catholic Archbishops,
Joseph Alemany and Patrick Riordan. Doyle was born on November 26, 1819 in New York. In 1851, he came to San Francisco and
practiced law. He returned to New York in 1856. In New York, he married Antonia Pons, returning to San Francisco in 1859.
He served in various positions throughout his life: member of the first Board of Regents for the University of California,
California State Commissioner of Transportation in 1877-78, and first President of the California Historical Society. He died
in Menlo Park, California on December 23, 1906.
In English.
Type:
Letterpress copybooks.Letterpress copybooks.
Physical Description:
print
1 carton, 1 box, 34 v. (5.0 linear feet)
Language:
English