Tuolumne County California Water Company 1854 Stock Certificate J. W. Mandeville

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Tuolumne County California Water Company 1854 Stock Certificate J. W. Mandeville
Tuolumne County Water Company Stock Certificate
Certificate 1198 dated Dec. 19, 1854 to Jas. Crozier and signed over on reverse by Crozier on Dec. 20, 1854 to D. A. Mills
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for a valuable
consider..
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Certificate
was trimmed post signing as there is some script loss on the reverse.
Cut cancelled
A rare certificate signed by J(ames) W(y
lie)  Mandeville (1824-1876) as President. Mandeville was a New York native and school teacher who came to San Jose CA in 1849. In 1850, he left teaching to enter the mining industry in Tuolomne County. The 1850 Census  listed the 27 year old in Township 5 as a miner. He served in the State Assembly from 1853-1854 and the State Senate in 1855-1857.
He became a U.S. Surveyor from 1857-1861, and was State Commissioner of Immigration and State Controller  in 1875. His tombstone in Sacramento City Cemetery bears the title "Controller of State
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. His papers are found in the Huntington Library, San Marino CA.
A beautiful certificate with a Britton & Rey vignette lithograph of a mining scene. Condition very good with irregular trim of lower edge with reverse script loss.
This will be an excellent addition to a Gold Rush collection
…
.do the research about this company and  the relationship between the water companies and the gold miners.
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