Description
The Rindge and Adamson family have a long history in Malibu, California, dating back to 1892 when Frederick and May K. Rindge
purchased the 13,300-acre Spanish land grant, Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit, also known as Malibu Rancho, from Matthew Keller.
In 1915, their daughter, Rhoda Agatha, married Merritt Adamson, the superintendent of the ranch, and together, they helped
manage the family business. The collection contains correspondence, business papers, financial records, photographs, newspaper
clipping, and ephemera from the various family members and spans from 1891 to 1967.
Background
Frederick Hastings Rindge was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Samuel B. Rindge (1820-1883) and Clarissa Harrington (1822-1885)
on December 21, 1857. Frederick was the fourth of six children and the only child to make it to adulthood. Frederick attended
Harvard University and graduated in 1879. He spent the next few years traveling around Europe and America and working at a
Boston Commission House. In 1883, his father died, and in 1885, his mother passed away, leaving Frederick his father's estate
worth $3 million.
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