Crocker, Edwin B. 1818-1875 - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)

Brother of Charles Crocker. Briefly a State Supreme Court Justice and long legal counsel for Central Pacific Railroad Company. He and wife acquired large collection of European art that formed basis of Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento (1870). Letter expresses concern over timber being cut at Crystal Peak, Lake Tahoe. Asks W.N. Lut to act as agent for railroad to prevent further cutting.

From the description of Edwin Bryant Crocker letter, 1865. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34919040

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referencedIn Bates, Alfred. Biographical sketches of Edwin Bryant Crocker., [ca. 1888]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn California Judges [graphic - album]: Photographs from the Papers of J. Edward Johnson, 19-- Bancroft Library
referencedIn Collis Potter Huntington Papers, 1797-1904 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Crocker, Edwin Bryant, 1818-1875. Edwin Bryant Crocker letter, 1865. University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library
creatorOf Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. The Collis P. Huntington papers, 1856-1901. UC Berkeley Libraries

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