YEAR 1875
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Graphic chart of the city and county of San Francisco
1875 San Francisco City Directory
Frederick Bee, Manager of the Olympia Railway and Mining Company and Albert Bee's widow, adjuster in the Coiner's Department at the US Mint
Another City Directory gave different information about the Bees.
Read transcript from Chinese Foreign Office
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 48, Number 7409, 1 January 1875
San Francisco market review
January 13, 1875 New York Daily-Tribune
Investigation into Pacific Mail subsidy of 1872 revealed Col. Bee was spied upon.
January 14, 1875 New York Times
Congressional Report on Pacific Mail subsidy
Richard B.Irwin held in contempt of Congress on page 37.
May 10, 1876 NY Times - Richard B. Irwin ended testimony.
April 28, 1877 NY Times - charges dropped against Richard B. Irwin.
Summary of investigation
March 3, 1875 The Page Act
March 4, 1875 - Senator John Hager's term ended.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 12, 6 March 1875
Major A. W. Bee mentioned in article about early history of Placerville.
Column 6, March 11, 1875 Auburn Morning News
Cornelius Koopmanschap, Chinese immgiration agent, discussed his importation of Chinese workers to Brazil.
Cornelius Koopmanschap died in Rio de Janeiro in 1882.
Charles Bosman had ties to China,San Francisco and London.
Koopmanschap and Bosman
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 01, Number 30, 27 March 1875
Early history of Placerville
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 48, 17 April 1875
A man indicated F A Bee built first house in Placerville.
Taken from the Donghua Record of the Guangxu Reign, May, 1875
China's attitude toward the United States
May, 1875 - Frank M. Bee signed a declaration that asserted mortgages are not property and should not be taxed.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 65, 8 May 1875
John Muir planned to ascend Mt. Shasta.
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John Muir described his second ascent of Mt.Shasta.
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Note: Mt. Shasta is about 350 miles from Yosemite.
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9174, 16 May 1875
Associate Justice Clifford was traveling the country.
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9178, 20 May 1875
Widow of A. W. Bee traveled to Yosemite.
San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 30, 30 June 1901
A. W. Bee's widow in Yosemite
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9180, 22 May 1875
Koopmanschap stopped importing coolies to the United States because of laws.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 79, 25 May 1875
J. C. Lamon died in Yosemite.
Mr. Lamon led the first tourist trip to Yosemite in 1854 - one year before J. M. Huthching's trip.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 81, 27 May 1875
Trouble in Yosemite and J. M. Hutchings
June 2, 1875 Morning Oregonian
"Olympia May 31 � The railroad question is again being agitated here, with fair prospects for success. G. A. Fitch is here in the interest of Crew's prismoidal railroad, and a meeting of the directors of the Olympia and Tenino road will be held to-morrow to consider the practicability of the prismoidal system, and adopt measures to complete the road at an early day."
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9200, 11 June 1875
F.A. Bee traveled to Yosemite with Justice George Arney, Justice Clifford and Reverend Croasdaile Bowen.
NOTE: Name was misspelled as "Amey".
NOTE: Reverend Croasdaile Bowen's name was misspelled.
NOTE: Merced is south of Yosemite.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 95, 12 June 1875
Governor Pacheco and Yosemite Commissioners to examine activities at Yosemite
Read more about Justice Arney and Reverend Bowen.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 95, 12 June 1875
George Arney departed from Merced to Yosemite.
NOTE: Name was misspelled as "Amey".
NOTE: Merced is south of Yosemite.
NOTE: Name was misspelled as "Bowlin".
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9206, 17 June 1875
Yosemite Travel � arrivals from Yosemite to Merced
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 101, 19 June 1875
Sir George Arney of New Zealand arrived at Calaveras Big Trees; this location is north of Yosemite.
NOTE: Name was misspelled as "Bowlin".
John Muir in New Zealand and Australia in 1903-1904
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9213, 24 June 1875
New route to Yosemite
Marysville Daily Appeal, Number 147, 24 June 1875
Arrivals at Big Trees (Yosemite)
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 116, 8 July 1875
John Swett and John Muir traveled in Yosemite.
John Swett and John Muir both lived in Martinez, California when Frederick Bee moved to Martinez in 1886. Frederick and Frank Bee were returning from a visit to John Swett's house when Mrs. Bee had her fatal heart attack in 1889.
California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, Volume 43, Number 21, 22 July 1875
James Hutchings and Yosemite
Pacific Rural Press, Volume 10, Number 4, 24 July 1875
Chinese immigration statistics
Australian And New Zealand Gazette
Saturday, July 24, 1875, London, Middlesex
Sir George Arney
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9264, 15 August 1875
Congress had failed to subsidize Australian steamship line.
William Chapman Ralston, President of Bank of California, died on August 27, 1875.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 158, 27 August 1875
Bank of California closed.
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9282, 2 September 1875
Expansion of Chinatown
September 5, 1875 New York Times
Insider view of Samoa
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D.S. "Dave" Parker had worked for Godeffroy & Sons per New Times July 20, 1890.
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D. S.Parker named as vice-consul in June, 1875 in Colonel Steinberger's report.
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Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 7, Number 151, 15 August 1878
D. S. Parker and Thomas Jennings mentioned.
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Island reminiscences. A graphic, detailed romance of a life spent in the South sea islands (1912)
H. M. Ruge mentioned.
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D.S. Parker mentioned and D.S. Parker as vice-consul
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San Francisco Call, Volume 85, Number 135, 14 April 1899
D.S. Parker - 24 years later
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San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 52, 22 July 1899
Death of Thomas Jennings
Death of D. S. Parker
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9312, 2 October 1875
Bank of California re-opened.
Note: Frederick Bee owned Bank of California account number 318 when he died in 1892.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 223, 2 November 1875
Scotsman reached summit of South Half Dome in Yosemite.
Wife of Mr. Throckmorton wanted an accounting of Sausalito property sales.
San Francisco Chronicle (1869-Current File). San Francisco, Calif.: Nov 13, 1875. p. 3 (1 page)
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9364, 23 November 1875
S.S. Foster denied ownership in either Samoan Commercial and Land Company or Central Polynesia Land and Commercial Company.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 249, 3 December 1875
Death of Benjamin Parke Avery
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 1, Number 264, 21 December 1875
Tenino mine
Daily Alta California, Volume 27, Number 9397, 27 December 1875
Bankruptcy of Samoan Commercial and Land Company
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