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James De Fremery diaries and scrapbook, 1849-1877.
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Title:

James De Fremery diaries and scrapbook, 1849-1877

Creator/Contributor:

De Fremery, James, 1826-1899, creator

Abstract:

Includes Perpetual Diary for the Pacific Coast (1 vol.), ca. 1875.

Date:

1848 (issued)

Subject:

De Fremery, James -- 1826-1899 -- Archives

Note:

Reel 1 1849-1853; Reel 2 1854-1858; Reel 3 1859-1860, 1862-1863 (1861 lacking); Reel 4 1864-1865, 1867-1868 (1866 lacking); Reel 5 1869-1873; Reel 6 1874, 1876-1877 (1875 lacking).
Diaries cover the period 1849-1877 (1861, 1866, 1875 lacking). Scrapbook contents date from the period circa 1848-1880.
Scrapbook contents: RESTRICTED: Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
Diaries (originals): RESTRICTED. Use microfilm.
Diaries: also available on microfilm.
James De Fremery was born in Holland in 1826 and came to California in 1849. He was a Dutch Consul and businessman in San Francisco and co-founded the San Francisco Savings Union in 1862.
Scrapbook includes materials in French and Dutch.

Type:

Diaries.
Scrapbooks.
Pictorial lettersheets.
Clippings.

Physical Description:

microfilm
6 microfilm reels : negative (box 965:1-6) and positive.
26 volumes (in 2 boxes)
6 boxes, 1 oversize box (2.5 linear ft.) and 65 oversize folders.

Language:

English
French
Dutch

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Copyright Note:

Scrapbook contents: RESTRICTED: Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
Diaries (originals): RESTRICTED. Use microfilm.