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California Clipper Ship Card: William T. Coleman, 71 Wall Street [154007]

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California Clipper Ship Card: William T. Coleman, 71 Wall Street [154007]
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This is the only card for Coleman in this group that lists his address as 71 Wall Street. According to NY directories, this address only appears in 1865. Coleman's California Line. The Small & Very Extreme Clipper Ship "Sam G. Glover," Maldon, Commander. Passage from New York to San Francisco in 110 days. Gold border, red and gold print. Nesbitt & Co., printers. 4 x 6.5" Creases, bends, tape repaired separations, and some soiling. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion "Borax" Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection

Date: c.1865
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State: California
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