Sixty-three documents relating to real estate transactions of Elbert P. Jones in San Francisco, California, between 1847 and 1851. The papers include thirty printed bonds and receipts issued by the Town of San Francisco and completed in manuscript and signed by Jones, George Hyde, 1st Alcalde of San Francisco, William A. Leidesdorff, and Jasper O'Farrell; seven property sale agreements between Jones and Jonathan D. Stevenson and William C. Parker, and a duplicate copy of a lease between Jones and Jeremiah Canty; fifteen receipts for land surveys conducted for Jones by William M. Eddy; seven summonses, judgments, tax receipts, etc.; and three maps of Jones's real estate holdings in San Francisco, mounted on paper and bound together. Several of the documents refer to Yerba Buena, as San Francisco was called prior to March 1847.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.) and San Francisco (Calif.)--Surveys
Subject (Name):
Canty, Jeremiah, Eddy, William M, Hyde, George, 1819-1890, Jones, Elbert P, Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1809 or 10-1848, O'Farrell, Jasper, Parker, William C. fl. 1848-1851, and Stevenson, J. D. (Jonathan Drake), 1800-1894
Mitchell, Edward H. Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company
Published / Created:
c1915
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 915nj
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A panoramic nighttime view of the brightly-lit exposition buildings, dominated by the Tower of Jewels, with San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island in the background.
Publisher:
Edward H. Mitchell
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Architecture., Buildings., Exhibition buildings., Pavillions, and World's fairs.
Panama-Pacific Exposition. and The most wonderful, the most beautiful, the most important in history, celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal to the nations of the world
Description:
Includes index to location of various fair structures and pavilions.
Publisher:
Geo. W. Melville
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Airplanes, Architecture., Buildings., Exhibition buildings., Ships., and World's fairs.
Sixty-three documents relating to real estate transactions of Elbert P. Jones in San Francisco, California, between 1847 and 1851. The papers include thirty printed bonds and receipts issued by the Town of San Francisco and completed in manuscript and signed by Jones, George Hyde, 1st Alcalde of San Francisco, William A. Leidesdorff, and Jasper O'Farrell; seven property sale agreements between Jones and Jonathan D. Stevenson and William C. Parker, and a duplicate copy of a lease between Jones and Jeremiah Canty; fifteen receipts for land surveys conducted for Jones by William M. Eddy; seven summonses, judgments, tax receipts, etc.; and three maps of Jones's real estate holdings in San Francisco, mounted on paper and bound together. Several of the documents refer to Yerba Buena, as San Francisco was called prior to March 1847.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.) and San Francisco (Calif.)--Surveys
Subject (Name):
Canty, Jeremiah, Eddy, William M, Hyde, George, 1819-1890, Jones, Elbert P, Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1809 or 10-1848, O'Farrell, Jasper, Parker, William C. fl. 1848-1851, and Stevenson, J. D. (Jonathan Drake), 1800-1894
Account, by Fray Juan Antonio Garciá Riobó, of Ignacio Arteaga's expedition to continue Cuadra's discoveries of 1775. Arteaga left San Blas in 1779, explored Bucareli Sound, the Northwest Coast to Mt. St. Elias, returned by way of Cape Mendocino and San Francisco, and set out on a second journey to San Blas. Original (in folder 1) scanned.
Description:
Fray Juan Riobó was chaplain of the frigates la Princesa and la Favorita on a voyage under the command of Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco., The manuscript is endorsed: "Diario de la expedicion, que se hizo por Mandano de 1779, hasta la altura de 54 grados, y fundacion de la Mission de Sn. Gabriel. Car. 5, Leg. 6 n. 12.", and The manuscript probably once belonged to the library of the College of San Fernando. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe.
Subject (Geographic):
Mendocino, Cape (Calif.), Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration, San Blas (Mexico), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Arteaga y Bazán, Ignacio and Riobo, Juan
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--California and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
