Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848
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found: San Francisco town journal, 1847-1848, 1926:t.p. (William A. Leidesdorff)
found: RLIN, 1/11/01(hdgs.: Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848; Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1810-1848; Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1809 or 10-1848; Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1899 or 10-1848; usage: William A. Leidesdorff)
found: African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Leidesdorff, William Alexander; diplomat, entrepreneur, frontiersman/ pioneer; born 1810 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, United States; as a young man he was sent to New Orleans to work for his uncle's cotton business as a master of ships sailing between New York and New Orleans; settled in San Francisco; obtained two large land grants with building that served as both his home and a retail store (1843); became a Mexican citizen (1844); served as town treasurer in San Francsico (1848); became chair of San Francisco's school board, presiding over the opening of the first public school in California (1848); died 1848 in San Francisco, California, United States)
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2001-01-12: new
2015-04-20: revised
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