Name/Title
LedgerEntry/Object ID
1986.010.0268aScope and Content
Separate Index to Book B (1986.10.286) See Below.
The separate index repeats some entries that are in the index at the front of Ledger Book B.
size 7-1/2"W x 12-1/2"H x 1/8"Deep - the cover is heavy paper with varying shades of brown in a mottled design.
In the Media button is an Excel file containing all entries in this ledger.
Per Inventory Work Sheet dated 6/7/1992:
The record book including index lists property transfers of deeds and mortgages in Benicia for 1849-1850. Title page reads "Records of Benicia bought Dec. 18th 1849 by H. S. O'Milveny"
The record book gets it name (Book B) apparently from the document that appears on page 256. Document A appears on page 251.
Document A: lots selected by Bethuel Phelps in contract with Thomas Larkin as payment by Larkin to Phelps for certain duties
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The ledger and separate index are all hand written. The record book contains "copied" transactions of many of the earliest settlers in Benicia (i.e. Thomas O. Larkin, Robert Semple, E.H. von Pfister, William Robinson, A. Riddle, M.M. Goodyear ....)
the 13"H x 8-1/2"W x 1-1/2Deep book is covered in leatherCollection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
