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Samuel R. Throckmorton letters to Peter R. Roach : San Francisco, 1850-1868.
BANC MSS 69/43 c box 1; BANC MSS 69/43 c oversize folder 1
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Title:
Samuel R. Throckmorton letters to Peter R. Roach: San Francisco, 1850-1868Letters to Peter R. Roach
Creator/Contributor:
Throckmorton, Samuel R., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Roach, Peter R.Creator/Contributor:
Robinson, Alfred, 1806-1895, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Meredith, Gilmor, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bissell Robinson & Co. (San Francisco, Calif.), correspondent.Abstract:
Writing as Roach's business agent, he comments on business conditions and opportunities in the city, the construction of various
buildings, purchase and rental of real estate, destructive fires in the city, the effects of the '55 depression, mining investments,
and his difficulties over the sale of his own land on the San Francisco Harbor (Lime Point) to the United States government
for the purpose of fortifications.
Included also: two letters to Roach from Alfred Robinson and Gilmor Meredith, and one from Robinson Bissell & Co.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caThrockmorton, Samuel R -- Archives
Gold mines and mining -- California
Real property -- California -- San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Commerce
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Lime Point (Marin County, Calif.)
Note:
Samuel R. Throckmorton letters to Peter R. Roach, BANC MSS 69/43 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Physical Description:
print
1 box and 1 oversize folder (.85 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 69/43 c box 1
BANC MSS 69/43 c oversize folder 1