Manuscript Collections
Searls Family Papers
Collection Number: MC253
- Biography
- Niles Searls (1825-1907) served as State Senator and Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.
- Description
- Several letters to Niles Searls and his son Fred Searls, as well as materials related to Fred Searls' involvement with the Zeibright Mine in Nevada City, California.
- Inclusive Dates
- 1873-1923.
- Subject
- California History
- Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California (http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rx9crg/)
- Access
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