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Spaulding Family papers, circa 1824-1961 (bulk 1849-1936)
Wyles Mss 141LOCAL
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Title:
Spaulding Family papers, circa 1824-1961 (bulk 1849-1936)Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Correspondence, journals, ledgers, logbooks, photographs and other material relating to the Spaulding family of Boston who,
later (1929-1931), also maintained a home in Santa Barbara. Of particular interest is the 1849 California gold rush era diary
of Mahlon Day Spaulding (1827-1888), who joined 149 other men from New England, formed a mutual stock company, bought a ship,
and traveled around the Horn to California. With the money earned in California, he successfully invested in the wholesale
grocery business and the later in the sugar refinery business. After his death, his two sons, William S. Spaulding and John
T. Spaulding, took over the sugar company and later sold it to the United Fruit Company. The Spauldings became socially prominent
Bostonians and were some of the most important art collectors in the United States.
Date:
1824 (issued)Note:
The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Spaulding Family papers, Wyles Mss 141. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
Language:
English
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No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.