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Title: Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records,
Date (inclusive): 1842-1862
Collection number: 2030
Creator:
Halleck, Peachy & Billings (Firm)
Extent: 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
1 carton (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Originals restricted. Use microfilm copy only.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records (Collection 2030). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- John Howell Books, purchase, 1948.
- Collection previously in the libraries of Robert Ernest Cowan and T.W. Norris.
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.
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872--Archives.
Halleck, Peachy & Billings (Firm)--Archives.
Law firms--California--San Francisco--Archival resources.
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
Halleck, Peachy & Billings correspondence and papers (Collection 102)
. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.