Month: November 2016

• Two Years a Slave in the Santa Clara Valley: Sampson Gleaves and Plim Jackson

  

  Notes on Manumission Papers in the History San Jose Research Library & Archives Roxanne L. Nilan, History San Jose November 8, 2016 In early October 1852, James Washington Finley arrived in the Santa Clara Valley with his wife and seven children following an arduous overland journey from Missouri. With them traveled two men, perhaps unwillingly,…

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  November 29, 2016

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  19th century, African Americans, santa clara county, slavery

• Volunteer Finds Great-Uncle’s 1876 Voter Registration in HSJ’s Collection

  

  While filing a folder of election-related material recently, our long-time Collections Volunteer Nadine Nelson let out a small gasp (those who work closely with Nadine will recognize this exclamation). “That’s my great-uncle!” Nadine had stumbled upon Sabastian Albertoli’s original Certificate of Registration, Number 14863 in the 1876 Great Register of Santa Clara County; essentially his…

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  November 2, 2016

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  elections, immigrants, volunteers, voter registration, voting