Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records, 1842-1862

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Summary

Title:
Halleck, Peachy & Billings records
Dates:
1842-1862
Creators:
Halleck, Peachy & Billings (Firm)
Abstract:
Halleck, Peachy & Billings was one of the leading San Francisco law firms in the settlement of titles to Mexican land grants. The firm was dissolved in 1861. The collection contains correspondence, mainly relating to land litigation of Halleck, Peachy & Billings, with documents and diseños (originals, copies, and translations) used in the settlement of the claims. Also contains papers in various legal cases, some concerning ships, Chinese immigration and the San Francisco funding bill, as well as a few accounts and some tax records.
Extent:
3.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes) and 1 Linear Feet (1 carton)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records (Collection 2030). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains correspondence, mainly relating to land litigation of Halleck, Peachy & Billings, with documents and diseños (originals, copies, and translations) used in the settlement of the claims. Also contains papers in various legal cases, some concerning ships, Chinese immigration and the San Francisco funding bill, as well as a few accounts and some tax records. Includes files on the settlement of the William Alexander Leidesdorff and Joseph L. Folsom estates. Contains a small group of correspondence and papers relating to Henry Wager Halleck's military career, 1847-56, and manuscript drafts and notes for his History of California.

Biographical / historical:

Halleck, Peachy & Billings was one of the leading San Francisco law firms in the settlement of titles to Mexican land grants; Frederick Billings arrived in San Francisco in 1849; he immediately established a law practice, and soon formed a partnership with Archibald C. Peachy; Peachy later became a member of the California State Assembly in 1852, and of the State Senate in 1860 and 1862; Henry Wager Halleck graduated in engineering from West point, participated in the Mexican War, and later prepared a report on California land titles; became an active member of the California Constitutional Convention; he resigned from the army and joined the law firm in 1854, compiling his books: The mining laws of Spain and Mexico, and International law; returned to the U.S. Army in 1860, later becoming a general during the Civil War; the firm was dissolved in 1861.

Acquisition information:
John Howell Books, purchase, 1948. Collection previously in the libraries of Robert Ernest Cowan and T.W. Norris.
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Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Law firms -- California -- San Francisco -- Archives.
Names:
Halleck, Peachy & Billings (Firm)--Archives.
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager)
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872--Archives.
Indexes:

Partial Index to Correspondents in Collection

Alsop & Chauncey letter to: Box 6, folder 15
Bahneberg, Mr. Box 6, folder 16, 18
Barnes, James Box 6, folder 20
Barron, William E. Box 4, folders 1, 2
Barron, Forbes & Company letter to: Box 4, folder 1
Billings, Frederick Box 1, folders 2, 3; Box 4, folder 1
Bradford, A.C. Box 1, folder 4
Bradley, Mr. letter to: Box 6, folder 20
Brannan, Samuel Box 6, folder 6
Burch, John Chilton Box 4, folder 2
Calverwell, Stephen L. Box 6, folder 20
Carillo, Anastasio Box 1, folder 6
Carter, Bernard Box 1, folder 6
Cross & Company Box 1, folder 6
Crowell, William H. Box 1, folder 6
de la Rosa, Luis Box 6, folder 15
Duncan, Sherman & Company Box 6, folder 18; letter to: Box 6, folder 14
Dupuy, A. Box 6, folder 15
Durfee & Myers Box 6, folder 20
Ender, E. Box 4, folder 2
Folsom, Joseph Box 6, folder 13, 14; letter to: Box 6, folders 15-18
Forbes, Alexander Box 4, folder 2
Forbes, James Alexander Box 4, folder 2; Box 6, folder 6
Forrest, S.T. Box 6, folder 19
Fourgeaud, V.J. Box 6, folder 17
Goodhue & Company letter to: Box 4, folder 1
Grannis, G.W. memoranda: Box 5, folder 1
Gray, J.B. Box 4, folder 2
Grim, A.K. Box 1, folder 6
Guerrero, Francisco Box 6, folder 2; letter to: Box 6, folder 1
Gwin, William M. letters to: Box 4, folder 2; Box 6, folder 20
Halleck, Henry Wager Box 4, folder 1; Box 6, folder 15
Hansen [governor-general] letter to: Box 6, folder 13
Hardie, James A. Box 1, folder 6
Harrison, John Box 6, folder 18
Hendricks, Thomas Box 1, folder 6; Box 6, folder 20
Hennen, Duncan Box 6, folder 19
Hill, Richard letter to: Box 6, folder 15
Humphreys, Joshua J. Box 1, folder 6
Huse, Charles E. Box 1, folder 6
Inge, Samuel William Box 6, folder 19
Jesup, Thomas Sidney letter to: Box 6, folder 14
Larkin, Thomas Oliver Box 6, folder 3
Latham, Milton S. Box 1, folder 1; letter to: Box 4, folder 2
Latham & Aldrich letter to: Box 6, folder 14
Leidesdorff, William Alexander Box 6, folder 1; letters to: Box 6, folders 2-6
Loomis, Charles Box 1, folder 6
Mackay, J. Box 1, folder 6
Mackay, W.R. Isaacs Box 1, folder 6
McMurray, R.O. Box 1, folder 5
Marcy, William Learned letter to: Box 6, folder 1
Meredith, I.W.S. Box 6, folder 20
Miner & Haynes Box 1, folder 6
Montgomery, John B. Box 6, folder 4
Morgan, John Box 6, folder 18
Morrison, James Box 6, folder 20
Müller, C. Box 6, folder 15
O'Connor, Cornelius Box 6, folder 20
Olmstead, Horace Box 6, folder 20
Naglee, Henry M. Box 1, folder 6
Pairo, A.W. Box 1, folder 6
Parrott, Juan Box 6, folder 15
Peralta, Antonio Maria Box 6, folder 6
Pickett, Mr. Box 6, folder 17
Revere, Joseph Warren Box 6, folder 6
Robinson, J.P. Box 1, folder 6
Rogers, Mrs. Letter to: Box 6, folder 13
Rogers, D. Box 6, folder 15-17
Rogers, S.R. Box 6, folder 16
Sanders & Brenham Box 6, folder 19
Scott, Charles L. letter to: Box 4, folder 2
Sherman, Edwin A. Box 6, folder 20
Sherwood, John Box 6, folder 18; letter to: Box 6, folder 15
Smith, James Broom Box 1, folder 6
Smith, S.A. Box 1, folder 1
Smith, Stephen Box 6, folder 5
Snydam, Reed & Company Box 6, folders 15-19; letters to: Box 6, folders 13, 14, 16-17
Southall, A.G. Box 1, folder 6
Stimson, Robert J. Box 6, folder 19
Suter, Lee & Company Box 6, folder 19
Sutter, John Augustus Box 6, folder 6
Taliaferro, Alfred W. Box 1, folder 6
Wakeman, A.C. letter to: Box 6, folder 19
Watson, J.R. Box 1, folder 6
Wilson, James B. Box 1, folder 6; Box 6, folder 20
Wise, Tully R. Box 4, folder 2
Woodliff, Thomas Box 6, folder 20
Yale, Gregory Box 4, folder 1; Box 6, folder 20 letters to: Box 4, folders 1-2
Young, P.R. Box 6, folder 20

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-04-24 11:53:27 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records (Collection 2030). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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