William Alexander Leidesdorff - First Black Millionaire, American Consul and California Pioneer
William Alexander Leidesdorff - First Black Millionaire, American Consul and California Pioneer

Author: Gary M. Palgon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1411646258

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William Alexander Leidesdorff is probably one of the best-kept secrets in the pioneering of the West and the creation of the State of California. Born out of wedlock in St. Croix, Danish West Indies in 1810 to a Jewish Danish sugar planter and a black plantation worker, he went on to become the first Black millionaire when gold was found on his property shortly before he died in 1848.

William Alexander Leidesdorff
William Alexander Leidesdorff

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The Museum of the City of San Francisco presents a biographical sketch of the African-American businessman and steamboat owner William Alexander Leidesdorff, written by Sue Bailey Thurman and originally published in the work entitled "Pioneers of Negro Origin in California" by the author.

William A. Leidesdorff Papers
William A. Leidesdorff Papers

Author: William Alexander Leidesdorff

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Published: 1843

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Includes receipts, accounts, and financial correspondence from George Hyde, John B. Montgomery, John A. Sutter, John C. Fremont, and others.

William A. Leidesdorff Letter
William A. Leidesdorff Letter

Author: William Alexander Leidesdorff

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Published: 1847

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Letter written from Leidesdorff in Yerba Buena to Smith in Bodega, concerning the chartering and hauling of the Brig Commodore Stockton. The letter also refers to two beach lots in Yerba Buena owned by Smith, part of land dealings involving Smith, Leidesdorff, Washington A. Bartlett, and George Hyde.

J.L. Folsom-William A. Leidesdorff Estate Papers
J.L. Folsom-William A. Leidesdorff Estate Papers

Author: Joseph Libbey Folsom

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Published: 1850

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Consists of the legal correspondence of J.L. Folsom and his San Francisco lawyers, H.W. Halleck, A.C. Peachy and P. Warren Van Winkle, regarding Folsom's San Francisco tenants and properties. Also contains letters from Folsom's New York lawyers, Snydum, Reed & Co., regarding Folsom's acquisition of William A. Leidesdorff's property from his mother, Anna Maria Sparks. After Folsom's death, Halleck, Peachy, and Van Winkle became his estate's executors, and continued Folsom's legal correspondence. Also includes a statement "In the matter of the Estate of J.L. Folsom", a bill remitted by Folsom, and leases signed by Folsom. Finally, there is one deed signed by Jacob C. Biedermann.