Masterson, James, dictated notes on early California life (1850s and 1860s), circa 1900.

circa 1900

James Masterson correspondence and other material

BANC MSS 85/136 c, Box 1

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James Masterson was a civil engineer from Ireland. He was elected County Surveyor of Amador County, California in 1856.

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