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Deed to Shipley property in Virginia City

 Collection
Identifier: NC241
Abstract

Quitclaim deed for the sale of Shipley's Virginia City property on Howard and A Streets to C. N. Felton. The collection contains material from October 3, 1862 created by William M. Shipley.

Dates: October 3, 1862

Deed of sale for Smith property in Virginia City, Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: NC244
Abstract

Deed for the sale of Smith's Virginia City property on Carson Street to John T. Furman. The collection contains material from February 16, 1863 created by Jacob Smith.

Dates: February 16, 1863

Sutro Tunnel Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC07
Abstract The Sutro Tunnel Company was organized by Adolph Sutro for the purpose of constructing a drainage tunnel under the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. Records related to organizing, publicizing, funding and constructing the Sutro Tunnel.,Included are transcripts of a court case; correspondence, which consist of letters and construction reports from company secretary Pelham W. Ames to Sutro; deeds; superintendents' reports; speeches; prospectus; certificate of incorporation and by-laws;...
Dates: 1861-1935

Deed for a town lot in Virginia City

 Collection
Identifier: NC759
Abstract

Deed conveying a town lot in Virginia City from Speir and his wife Sarah to Thomas Lyons. The collection contains material from 1868 created by William J. Speir.

Dates: 1868

The tragedy in Virginia City

 Collection
Identifier: NC831
Abstract

Poem on a broadside lamenting the economic decline of Virginia City, Nevada, and the Comstock Lode.,Tipped into the book the Drama of Virginia City (copyright 1925 by the Nevada Branch of the American Association of University Women); a reprint of Eliot Lord's Comstock mining and miners, monograph IV of the U.S.G.S., 1881; Special Collections call number F849.V8 L7 c.3.

Dates: [1925

Recollections of Virginia City from May 1860

 Collection
Identifier: 91-30
Abstract

Gracey's speech before the Reno Twentieth Century Club describes his arrival in Nevada to fight the Paiutes; lists many of the "firsts" in Virginia City, and mentions executions, explosions, fires, amusements, benevolent societies, processions, and people of note.

Dates: 1911

Record of Virginia City (Nev.) Insurance Policies

 Collection
Identifier: 92-33
Abstract

The Alliance Insurance Company was based in Boston, Massachusetts. The collection contains a record of property insurance policies in Virginia City, Nevada and includes name of policy holder, term of insurance, rate and description and address of insured property and belongings.

Dates: 1876-1877

Surveys of the Virginia City, Nevada, area

 Collection
Identifier: 95-25
Abstract

Surveys from 1862-1867 of areas of Storey County, Nevada, include portions of Six-Mile Canyon, Gold Canyon, Long Valley, Cedar Hill, Gold Hill, Virginia City, Flowery, and Geiger Grade. Individual surveys show such man-made features as mills, brewery sites, and mining claims. Each survey contains a verbal description of the parcel and a pen and ink scale drawing of the parcel and related geographic features.

Dates: 1862-1867

Deed to Virginia City property

 Collection
Identifier: NC240
Abstract

Deed for the sale of Estudillo's Virginia City property on D and Mill Streets to Bernardo Arambula.,A manuscript map of the parcel appears on the cover of the deed.

Dates: August 15, 1862

Deed for Virginia City property

 Collection
Identifier: NC243
Abstract

Deed for the sale of Underhill's Virginia City property on E Street to A. R. Coryell. The collection contains material from October 25, 1862 created by H. J. Underhill.

Dates: October 25, 1862

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Names
Arambula, Bernardo 2
Canessa, Giobatto 2
De Quille, Dan, 1829-1898 2
Felton, C. N. (Charles Norton), 1832-1914 2
Freemasons 2
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Furman, John T. 2
Jones, Timothy (Of Virginia City, Nev.) 2
Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 2
Piper's Opera House (Virginia City, Nev.) 2
Piper, John, 1830-1896 2
Virginia & Truckee Railroad 2
Adams, William 1
Admirable Books 1
Allen, Lemmuel 1
Alliance Insurance Company 1
American Women's Voluntary Services 1
Ames, Pelham W. (Pelham Warren), 1839- 1
Antipa family 1
Antipa, George 1
Antipa, Susan 1
Asher, Julius, 1847-1924 1
Baumann family 1
Bazilio, Loagier 1
Beegan, William 1
Bender, D. A. (David Almon) 1
Best and Belcher Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Bockrath, Ann Maria 1
Bockrath, H. Henry 1
Bonney, John Harry 1
Bowers and Company 1
Bowers, L. S. (Lemuel Sanford), 1833-1868 1
Boyle, Emmet Derby, 1879-1926 1
Boyle, Vida Margaret McClure, 1880-1972 1
Brower, Henry J. 1
Brown & Tassell Boots & Shoes Company 1
Brown, George (Police chief) 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Calhoun, James W., 1903- 1
Calhoun, Thelma E., 1913-1998 1
Centennial Methodist Church (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Central Pacific Railroad Company 1
Champion (Ship : 1833-1871) 1
Chandler, H. H. 1
Charlatans (Musical group) 1
Clemens, Orion, 1825-1897 1
Cobb, Ty, 1915-1997 1
Cobb, Tyrus W. 1
Cobb, William, 1885-1973 1
Conwell, Julia A. 1
Conwell, W. A. 1
Cook family 1
Cooke (Family : 1894- : Cooke, Herman R., 1873-1952) 1
Cooke, Patricia Herz 1
Cooke, Thomas A., 1920-1994 1
Coryell, A. R. 1
Daggett, Rollin Mallory, 1831-1901 1
Dann, Frederick P. 1
Davis, Sam P. (Sam Post), 1850-1918 1
Democratic Party (Nev.) 1
Dohle, John 1
Duncan, William H. 1
Estudillo, Jose Ramon 1
Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 1
Fogarty, Denis 1
Footlight Press 1
Gardella, Joe (Giuseppe) 1
Globe Insurance Company 1
Godbe, William S. (William Samuel), 1833-1902 1
Goodwin, Alice Maynard 1
Goodwin, C. C. (Charles Carroll), 1832-1917 1
Goodwin, James T., 1878-1927 1
Gould and Curry Mining Company 1
Gracey, Robert 1
Gray, Leslie Burns 1
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 1
Hardy and Kennedy (Forest Hill, Calif.) 1
Hastings, L. B. 1
Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC 1
Holman, Heber 1
Illinois Mill (Dayton, Nev.) 1
Immel, Ray Keeslar, 1885- 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Nevada Lodge No. 7 (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
International Hotel 1
J.C. Hampton (firm) 1
Jewett family 1
Jewett, Alonzo, 1836-1902 1
Jewett, Eleazer, 1799-1876 1
Jewett, Oscar, 1837-1913 1
John Dohle's Brewery 1
Jones, Elmina S. 1
Joseph Fredericks (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Joseph Fredericks Store 1
Kaminski, Amy 1
Kennedy, Charles Rann, 1871-1950 1
Kinkead, James H., 1843-1912 1
Kitzmeyer, George E. 1
Koenig, Mark 1
Koenig, Roxana 1
Lake, Susanna R. 1
Levy, Leo S. 1
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