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William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. (1810 – May 18, 1848) was an Afro-Caribbean settler in California and one of the founders of the city that became San...

founder of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company and ITT Corporation William Leidesdorff, (1810–1848), entrepreneur Bartholomew Sharp, (c1650–1702), buccaneer...

(1784–1827), possibly the first person of color to live in Iceland William Leidesdorff (1810–1848), entrepreneur, one of the founders of San Francisco....

the south bank of the American River to the American entrepreneur William Leidesdorff. He died in 1848 and the property, which he called Rancho Río de...

(1890) has proven especially influential in studies on poverty. William Leidesdorff, the son of a Danish West Indies planter and a racially mixed part...

N-Z". Virtual Museum of San Francisco. Retrieved 2013-04-25. Sharpsteen, William C. (June 1941) "Appendix B: Notes on Mission Bay and the Marshes and Creeks...

Francisco", as an early settler of Yerba Buena (now San Francisco). William Leidesdorff was black and multi-racial, he was one another founder of San Francisco...

KQED. 2019-03-25. Savage, W.S. (July 1953). "The Influence of William Alexander Leidesdorff on the History of California". The Journal of Negro History...

Francisco. In the Fall, Elam Brown heard tell of a ranch for sale by William Leidesdorff, the Rancho Acalanes, which would later develop into the City of...

earlier California rivers to be populated, beginning at Leidesdorff Ranch, owned by William Leidesdorff. Water was used to drive grist mills. Gold miners dredged...

Rancho Acalanes from noted real-estate speculator and politician, William Leidesdorff of Oakland, California, which included nearly the entirety of the...

County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to William Leidesdorff (1810–1848). The grant takes its name from Río de los Americanos...

Chronicle-Record. 1864-09-10. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-12-22. Secrest, William B. Jr.; Seacrest, William B. Sr. (2006). "1864: Explosion of the Washoe". California...

1850. Images of mountain man James Beckwourth, Biddy Mason, and William Leidesdorff are portrayed in the well-detailed historical mural. Both artists...

bay, William Glover was elected a member of the first Town Council and School Board, serving with such local luminaries as William Leidesdorff and E...

Sacramento River as early as November 1847, when the Sitka built by William A. Leidesdorff briefly ran on San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento River to...

Francisco", as an early settler of Yerba Buena (now San Francisco). William Alexander Leidesdorff, helped establish the city of San Francisco. During the 1849–1855...

deck and steam engines was ordered in April 1924 as Yard No.1168 from the William Denny & Brothers shipyard on the River Leven adjoining the River Clyde...

hull, first two decks, and steam engines were ordered in 1924 from the William Denny & Brothers shipyard on the River Leven adjoining the River Clyde...

Listed by County, The Borgo Press, San Bernardino, CA, ISBN 0-89370-935-2 William Ellsworth Smythe, San Diego and Imperial counties, California: a record...