Historical California Stone Carvers, Stone Cutters, & Monument Dealers
Citation List of Leeanna Rossi’s Research Notes (Continued)
[Numbers 1 through 126] [Numbers 127 through 189] [Numbers 190 through 249]
The following research notes have been contributed by Leeanna Rossi, author of Headstones of the Gold Rush Era: Sculpting Masterpieces in Marble, Golden Notes, Vol. 43, Number 3, Fall 1997, Sacramento County Historical Society, Sacramento, California, 1997. (This booklet is available from the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery.) I want to thank Leeanna for contributing her notes to our web site so that other researchers can benefit from her many hours of hard work that these notes represent. If you have any questions regarding these notes, feel free to contact me. Peggy B. Perazzo.
127. Sacramento City Directory for the Year 1878, compiled by Harry R. Lewis (Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co., 1878), P 83, Andrew Aitken of Aitken & Luce Pioneer Marble Works, 177 K. P 107, Boyne & Vosper (A. Vosper) Marble Works and Dealers in Scotch Granite Monuments, 204 K 7/8. P 156, J. C. Devine Marble Works; James Henry Devine, marble cutter. P 178, Fish, Anthony N., marble cutter; Frank N. Fish Marble Works, 73 J 3/4; Morris N., marble polisher, dwelling 12 N/O. P 280, Luce: Israel with Aitken & Luce; John Coachman Luce, marble cutter, with Aitken & Luce. P 469, BUSINESS DIRECTORY: MARBLE WORKS. Aitken & Luce; Boyne & Vosper; J.C. Devine; F.N. Fish.
128. Sacramento City Directory for 1851, compiled by J. Horace Culver (Sacramento: Transcript Press, 1851), P 25, Israel Luce, marble workman, 7 J/K. NO ONE ELSE IN DIRECTORY.
129. Sacramento City Directory for the Year 1882, (Oakland: Pacific Press, 1882), P 18, Aitken & Fish Marble Works, 617 K; dwelling 915 L. P 36, Boyne & Co. Marble Works, 712 K; dwelling 1223 16th. P 71, J. C. Devine Marble Works, 722 K; dwelling 1126 P. P 87, Fish: Anthony N, marble cutter with Aitken & Fish, dwelling 625 M; Frank N. of Aitken & Fish, dwelling 1416 12th; Morris N., marble cutter with Aitken & Fish, dwelling 625 M. P 155, Luce: Israel with Israel Luce & Co., Marble Works, 611 K, dwelling 711 M; John Coachman Luce, marble cutter with Israel Luce & Co., dwelling 711 M. P 293, SACRAMENTO CLASSIFIED: MARBLE WORKS. Aitken & Fish; Boyne & Co.; J.C.Carroll, 808 K; J.C. Devine, 724 K; Israel Luce & Co., 611 K. P 328, SACRAMENTO BRANCH OF IRISH NATIONAL LAND LEAGUE, J. H. Devine elected Chairman, Elective Committee, meets every Sunday evening, Grand Army Hall.
130. Sacramento City Directory for the Year 1883-84, compiled by L. M. McKenney & Co, (Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co., 1883), P 34-35, SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY: TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL 1849-1882. p 84, Aitken & Fish Premium Pioneer Marble & Granite Works, 617 K; dwelling 915 L. P 120, Boyne & Co. (with George Holsberg) Marble & Granite Works, 712 K; dwelling 1223 16th. P 185, J. C. Devine Marble Works, 725 K, dwelling 1126 P; James Henry Devine, marble cutter with J.C. Devine Marble Works, rms 724 K. P 215, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter with Aitken & Fish, rms 713 M; Frank N. with Aitken & Fish, dwelling 1416 12th; Morris N. marble cutter with Aitken & Fish, rms 713 M. P 342, Luce: Israel with Israel Luce & Co. Marble Works (Israel and John Coachman), 611 K, dwelling 711 M; John Coachman, marble cutter with Israel Luce & Co., dwelling 711 M. P 570, SACRAMENTO BUSINESS DIRECTORY: MARBLE WORKS. Aitken & Fish; Boyne & Co.; J.C. Carroll & Son, 808 K; J.C. Devine; Israel Luce & Co.
131. Sacramento City Directory for the Year 1885-86, (Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co., 1885), P 90, Andrew Aitken, proprietor Premium Pioneer Marble & Granite Works, 617 K; dwelling 915 L. P 120, William Boyne of Boyne & Co. Marble Works, 712 K; dwelling L 9/10. P 180, J. C. Devine Marble Works, 724 K, dwelling 1126 P. P 205, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter with A. Aitken & Co., rms alley 11/12 N/O; Frank N. traveling agent for A. Aitken & Co., dwelling 1416 12th; Morris N. marble cutter with A. Aitken & Co., Belvidere Hotel. P 320, Luce: Israel with Israel Luce & Co. Marble Works (Israel and John Coachman), 611 K, dwelling 711 M. P 526, SACRAMENTO BUSINESS DIRECTORY: MARBLE WORKS. Aitken & Fish; Boyne & Co.; J.C. Carroll & Son, 808 K; J.C. Devine; Israel Luce & Co.
132. Sacramento City & County Directory for the Year 1888-89, (Sacramento: McKenney Directory Co., 1888), P 83, Andrew Aitken, proprietor Premium Pioneer Marble & Granite Works, 423 J; dwelling 915 L; p 404, Premium Pioneer Marble & Granite Works, 423 J, proprietor A. Aitken. P 115, Boyne & Co. Marble Works, 1510 10th; dwelling 714 K. P 175, James Broderick Devine, Justice of Peace; J. C. Devine Marble Works, 724 K; James H. Devine, mail 724 K. P 203, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter with A. Aitken & Co., rms alley 11/12 N/O; Frank N. traveling salesman, dwelling 1416 12th; Morris N. marble cutter, Belvidere Hotel. P 326, Luce: Israel, quarryman, dwelling 711 M; J.C. Luce with J.C. Luce & Co Marble Works (J.C. and Edwin Glover), 611 K; residence 1226 7th. P 668, SACRAMENTO BUSINESS DIRECTORY: GRANITE WORKS. Premium Pioneer Marble & Granite Works, 423 J. P 689, MARBLE WORKS. A. Aitken & Co.; Boyne & Co.; Carlaw Bro, 10/Q; J.C. Carroll & Son, 1900 10th; J.C. Devine; J.C. Luce & Co.; Premium Pioneer Marble & Granite Works.
133. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1892-93, (Sacramento: F. M. Husted, 1892), P 99, Andrew Aitken Marble, Granite & Mantel Works, 423 J St.; dwelling 915 L; Andrew Aitken Jr., clerk with Schaw, Ingram, Batcher & Co., dwelling 915 J; advertisement for A. AITKEN, PIONEER GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS, 423 J. P 132, William Boyne, commercial traveler for Carlaw Brothers, dwelling 714 K. P 195, J. C. Devine, stone cutter, 726 alley K/L 7/8; James H. Devine, 729 alley K/L. P 225, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter with A. Aitken & Co., rms alley 11/12 N/O; Frank N., marble cutter in San Francisco, dwelling 1416 12th; Morris N., stone cutter with Luce & Glover, residence 414 Alley L/M. P 353, Luce: Israel, quarryman, dwelling 711 M; J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble Works (J.C. and Edwin Glover), 611 K; residence 1623 10th. P 680, SACRAMENTO BUSINESS DIRECTORY: GRANITE WORKS. Andrew Aitken; Carlaw Bro, 10/R (John & Andrew) P 701, MARBLE & GRANITE WORKS. A. Aitken & Co.; Carlaw Bro, 10/Q; Capitol Marble Works, 726 K 7/8 (J.C. Devine propri); J.C. Carroll & Son, 1900 10th; Luce & Glover; J. House, Folsom.
134. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1893, (San Francisco: F. M. Husted, 1893), P VII advertisement A. AITKEN PIONEER GRANITE & MARBLE WORKS, 423 J 4/5; p 99, Andrew Aitken Marble, Granite & Mantel Works, 423 J; dwelling 915 L; Andrew M. Aitken Jr., clerk with A. Aitken. P 132, William Boyne, dwelling 714 K. P 198, J. C. Devine, marble cutter, 726 alley K/L 7/8; James H. Devine, marble cutter, 729 alley K/L. P 228, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter with A. Aitken & Co., rms alley 11/12 N/O; Morris N., stone cutter with Luce & Glover, residence 414 Alley L/M. P 348-9, Luce: Israel, dwelling 711 M; J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble Works, 611 K; residence 1623 10th. P 680, SACRAMENTO BUSINESS DIRECTORY: GRANITE & MARBLE WORKS. Andrew Aitken; Carlaw Bro, 10/R (John & Andrew) P 701, MARBLE WORKS. A. Aitken & Co.; Carlaw Bro, 10/Q; J.C. Carroll & Son, 1902 10th; Luce & Glover; J. House, Folsom. Opposite P 154, advertisement for Carlaw Brothers.
135. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1894, (San Francisco: F. M. Husted, 1894), P 7, advertisement A. AITKEN PIONEER GRANITE & MARBLE WORKS, 423 J 4/5; p 67, Andrew Aitken Marble, Granite & Mantel Works, 423 J; dwelling 915 L; Andrew M. Aitken Jr., marble cutter with A. Aitken. P 93, William Boyne, dwelling 714 K. P 169, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter with A. Aitken & Co., rms alley 11/12 N/O; Morris N., stone cutter with Luce & Glover, residence 414 Alley L/M. P 267, Luce: Israel, dwelling 711 M; J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble Works, 611 K; residence 1623 10th.
136. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1895, (San Francisco: F. M. Husted, 1895), Top Line advertisement, A. AITKEN, PIONEER GRANITE & MARBLE WORKS, 423 J 4/5; p 99, Andrew Aitken Marble, Granite & Mantel Works, 423 J; dwelling 915 L; Andrew M. Aitken Jr., marble cutter with A. Aitken. P 127, William Boyne, dwelling 714 K. P 182, Devine: James H. Devine Marble Works, 726 alley bet 7/8 K/L; J. C. Devine, with James. P 207, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter with A. Aitken & Co., rms alley 11/12 N/O; Morris N., stone cutter with Luce & Glover, residence 414 Alley L/M. P 313, Luce: Israel, dwelling 711 M; J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble Works, 611 K; residence 1623 10th. P 15, CITY GOVERNMENT: Trustee: James H. Devine.
137. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1896 (Same as 37,118.)
138. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1897, (San Francisco: F. M. Husted, 1897), p 99, (first time in small print) Andrew Aitken, dwelling 1818 F; Andrew M. Aitken Jr., marble cutter. P 130, William Boyne, Monuments, 714 K, dwelling same. P 189, J.C. Devine, marble cutter, 726 alley bet 7/8 K/L; J. H. Devine, City Trustee, 6/7 K/L. P 216, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter, alley 11/12 N/O; Morris N., stone cutter, residence 1223 4th St. P 329, Luce: Israel, dwelling 711 M; J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble & Granite Works, 2430 10th St.
139. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1898, (San Francisco: F. M. Husted, 1898), p 99, Andrew Aitken, dwelling 1818 F. P 131, William Boyne, Monuments, 714 K, dwelling same. P 196, J.C. Devine moved to Sutter Creek; J. H. Devine, City Trustee, 6/7 K/L. P 226, Fish: Anthony N., marble cutter, alley 11/12 N/O. P 346, J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble & Granite Works, 2430 10th. P 12, CITY GOVERNMENT: Trustee, James H. Devine.
140. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1899, (San Francisco: F. M. Husted, 1899), p 99, Andrew Aitken, dwelling 1818 F. P 130, William Boyne, proprietor The Delmonico Restaurant and Oyster Parlors, 712-714 K, dwelling same. P 190, J. H. Devine, City Trustee, 6/7 K/L. P 335, J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble & Granite Works, 2430 10th. P 12, CITY GOVERNMENT: Trustee, James H. Devine.
141. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1900, (Sacramento: Home Directory Co., 1900), p 99, Andrew Aitken, solicitor, dwelling 1818 F. P 127, William Boyne, traveling salesman, 1412 10th. P 190, J. H. Devine, City Trustee, 724 K; J. C. Devine, same dwelling. P 210, J.C. Luce with Luce & Glover Marble & Granite Works, 2430 10th. P 18, CITY GOVERNMENT: Trustee, James H. Devine.
142. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1902 (Same as 38.)
143. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1903 (Same as 39.)
144. Directory for Sacramento City & County for the Year 1904 (Same as 40.)
145. State of California, Controller Ledger H 1862, F3900:147-48, p 723, P.J. Devine: 1862 Oct 29, to warrant #424/50 $500; 1862 Oct 29, by improving State Burial Ground /50 $500.00.
146. State of California, Controller Ledger M 1867-68, F3900:156-57, p 695, Aitken & Co: 1867 Aug 22, to warrant #661/75 $100; 1867 Aug 22, by improving State Burial Plot /75 $100.00.
147. State of California, Controller Ledger N 1868-69, F3900:158-59, p 449, P.J. Devine: 1869 Jun 05, to warrant #3952/389 $1000; 1869 Jun 05, by Const State Capitol /389 $1000.00.
148. State of California, Controller Ledger I 1863, F3900:151, p 527, Aitken & Co: 1863 Dec 21, to warrant #1948/181 $850; 1863 Dec. 21, by Monument for Hon. T. Campbell /181 $850.00.
149. State of California, Controller Ledger P 1870-71, F3900:162-63, p 741, State Burial Ground, Trustees of: 1871 Mar. 08, to warrant #3283/345 $300; 1871 Mar 08, by care of State Burial Ground /345 $300.00.
150. State of California, Controller Ledger O 1869-70, F3900:160-61, p 636, P.J. Devine: 1869 Aug. 06, to warrant #423/75 $1500; 1869 Aug 06, by Const State Capitol /75 $1500.00. 1869 Oct 05, to warrant #1141/117 $2500; 1869 Oct. 05, by Const State Capitol /117 $2500.00. 1869 Nov. 05, to warrant #1588/155 $1500; 1869 Nov. 05, by Const State Capitol /155 $1500.00. 1870 Jan. 22, to warrant #3950/289 $3853.18; 1870 Jan. 22, by Const State Capitol /289 $3853.18. 1870 Apr. 08, to warrant #7316/429 $16.50; 1870 Apr. 08, by Furniture New Capitol /429 $15.50. 1870 May 09, to warrant #7532/467 $33.00; 1870 May 09, by Const State Capitol /467 $33.00. Total $9402.68
151. State of California, Controller Ledger V 1877-79, F3900:174-75, p 500, J.H. Devine: 1879 May 23, to warrant #6599/273 $2.50; 1879 May 23, by Safe & Furniture Bank Comm /273 $2.50. P 617, J.C. Devine: 1877 Nov. 21, to warrant #1158/83 $44.00; 1877 Nov 21, by Const State Capitol /83 $44.00.
152. State of California, Controller Ledger W 1879-81, F3900:176-77, p 505, Israel Luce: 1880 Feb. 03, to warrant #3479/186 $37.50; 1880 Feb. 03, by Support & to Printing Off. /186 $37.50. 1880 Jul. 15, to warrant #267/18 $89.12; 1880 Jul. 18, by Enlargement to State Printing Office /18 $89.12. 1881 Apr. 06, to warrant #7521/281 $48.00; 1881 Apr. 06, by Perm improvement to Capitol Grounds /281 $48.00.
153. State of California, Controller Ledger X 1881-83, F3900:178-79, p 459, Israel Luce: 1881 Jul. 12, to warrant #31/5 $8.25; 1881 Jul. 12, by Perm Improve to Capitol Grounds /56 $8.25. 1882 Feb. 08, to warrant #2933/174 $6.00; 1882 Feb. 08, by Perm Improve to Capitol Grounds /174 $6.00. P 504, Aitken & Fish: 1882 Feb. 02, to warrant #2934/174 $4.00; 1882 Feb. 08, by Perm Improve to Capitol Grounds /174 $4.00.
154. State of California, Controller Ledger Y 1883-84, F3900:180-81, p 481, J.C. Devine: 1885 Oct. 08, to warrant #1581/70 $6.50; 1885 Oct. 08, by Plumbing, Ventilation etc /70 $6.50. P 617, J.C. Devine: 1877 Nov. 21, to warrant #1158/83 $44.00; 1877 Nov. 21, by Const State Capitol /83 $44.00.
155. State of California, Controller Ledger Z 1885-87, F3900:182-83, p 548, J.C. Devine: 1885 Dec. 10, to warrant #3980/111 $20.75; 1885 Dec. 10, by Printing Text Books /111 $20.75. 1886 Jan. 18, to warrant #4900/137 $42.50; 1886 Jan. 18, by Printing Text Books /137 $42.50.
156. State of California, Controller Ledger 1 1887-89, F3900:184-85, p 761, J.C. Devine: 1889 Jun. 01, to warrant #17033/197 $28.24; 1889 Jun. 10, by Repairs to Capitol Bldg /197 $28.24.
157. State of California, Controller Ledger 4 1893-95, F3900:190-91, p 779, J.H. Devine: 1895 Feb. 02, to warrant #9678/165 $50.00; 1895 Feb. 02, by Cont Exp Assembly /165 $50.00.
158. State of California, Controller Ledger 2 1888-91, F3900:186-87, p 603, J.H. Devine: 1889 Sep. 06, to warrant #2909/48 $3.93; 1889 Sep. 06, by Repairs to Capitol Bldg /48 $3.93. 1890 Oct. 10, to warrant #3381/73 $10.25; 1890 Oct. 10, by Repairs to Capitol Bldg /73 $10.25. P 756, A. Aitken: 1889 Dec. 10, to warrant #7622/111 $95.00; 1889 Dec. 10, by Care of State Burial Ground /111 $95.00. 1890 Dec. 24, to warrant #5953/121 $12.00; 1890 Dec. 24, by Repairs to Capitol Bldg /121 $12.00.
159. State of California, Controller Ledger 5 1895-97, F3900:192-93, p 779, A. Aitken: 1897 May 12, to warrant #17064/232 $4.52; 1897 May 12, by Def Ref Tax Bldg /232 $4.52.
160. State of California, Controller Ledger Q 1871-72, F3900:164-65, p 549, J.C. Devine & Bro: 1871 Nov. 06, to warrant #3234/195 $783.04; 1871 Nov. 06, by Const State Capitol /195 $738.04. 1871 Dec. 06, to warrant #4037/234 $895.85; 1871 Dec. 06, by Const State Capitol /234 $895.85.
161. State of California, Controller Ledger R 1872-73, F3900:166-67, p 710, Aitken & Luce: 1872 Aug. 08, to warrant #1205/91 $1000.00; 1872 Aug. 08, by Erection of Monument /91 $1000.00. 1872 Dec. 04, to warrant #3628/220 $14.00; 1872 Dec. 04, by Erection of Monument /220 $14.00.
162. State of California, Controller Ledger S 1873-74, F3900:168-69, p 517, W. Boyne: 1873 Oct. 07, to warrant #1136/96 $59.40; 1873 Oct. 07, by Const State Capitol /96 $59.40. 1873 Nov 05, to warrant #1501/124 $131.25; 1873 Nov. 05, by Const State Capitol /124 $131.25. 1873 Dec. 04, to warrant #1818/144 $28.32; 1873 Dec. 04, by Const State Capitol /144 $28.32. P 546, Aitken & Luce: 1873 Dec. 04, to warrant #1946/146 $30.13; 1873 Dec. 04, by Const State Capitol /146 $30.13. 1874 Mar. 03, to warrant #5067/295 $8.00; 1874 Mar. 03, by Const State Capitol /295 $8.00. P 734, J.C. Devine: 1873 Jul. 25, to warrant #375/34 $37.12; 1873 Jul. 25, by Const State Capitol /34 $37.12.
163. State of California, Controller Ledger T 1874-75, F3900:170-71, p 671, Aitken & Luce: 1874 Jul. 08, to warrant #130/9 $14.04; 1874 Jul. 08, by Const State Armory /9 $14.04.
164. State of California, Controller Ledger U 1875-77, F3900:172-73, p 671, J.C. Devine: 1876 Jan. 19, to warrant #2617/147 $35.00; 1876 Jan. 19, by Const State Printing Office /147 $35.00. P 710, Aitken & Luce: 1876 May 03, to warrant #6275/300 $4.00; 1876 May 03, by Const State Printing Office /300 $4.00. P 710, 1876 May 17, to warrant #6342/303 $600.00; 1876 May 17, by Care of State Burial Ground to Comm of State Burial Ground (P.H. Russell & N.G. Curtis) /303 $600.00.
165. Appropriation Regulations of State Treasury, 13th Fiscal Year, 1861-62, F3903:140 Fund: Improv of State Burial Ground in Sac, $1000.00.
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
10/29/62 - 12/04/62 - 424 - P.J. Devine - Monum W.J. Ferguson - $500.00 (11/31/61) 02/02/63 - 02/04/63 - 479 - Thom Roche - Labor (Boyd & Davis)
166. Appropriation Regulations of State Treasury, 15th Fiscal Year, 1863-64, F3903:142 P 119 Fund: Campbell Approp for Monument, $2000.00
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
05/00/64 - 1948 - Aitken & Co. - Monum Thom Campbell - $850.00
09/24/64 - 5374 - C. Seimenger - Shrubbery - $94.00
03/10/66 - 10325 - Jas Bennett - Labor on Grounds - $14.00
Bal to 18th FY $1042.00
P 120 Fund: Broderick Approp for Monument, $5000.00
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
12/17/64 - 6084 - Will McKibben - Monum Broderick in SF - $3000.00
167. Appropriation Regulations of State Treasury, 18th Fiscal Year, 1866-67, F3903:145 P 7 Fund: Improve & Care State Burial Grounds, Act 4/1/63 $1042.00
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
10/20/66 - 749 - J. Murrell - Care - $36.00
03/28/67 - 9240 - J. McGuire - Fencing - $500.00
P 18 Fund: Broderick Approp for Monument, Act 4/2/66 $2500.00
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
12/07/66 - 7224 - Will McKibben - Monum Broderick in SF - $2500.00
168. Appropriation Regulations of State Treasury, 19th Fiscal Year, 1867-68, F3903:146 P 7 Fund: Improve & Care State Burial Grounds, Act 4/6/63 $506.00
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
09/30/67 - 660 - Jessell Merrill Care - (08/15/67) - $20.50
09/30/67 - 661 - Aitken & Co. - Removal of Monument - $100.00 (08/15/67)
11/07/67 - 1648 - J. W. Hall - Painting - (11/02/67) - $90.00
11/07/67 - 1647 - Jas McGuire - Fencing - (11/02/67) - $382.00
11/30/67 - 662 - Enastus Gunn - Plans for fencing - $5.00 (08/15/67)
169. Appropriation Regulations of State Treasury, 22th Fiscal Year, 1870-71, F3903:148 P 84 Fund: Improve & Care State Burial Grounds, $300.00
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
03/31/71 - 3283 - Trustees - Care - $300.00 (02/28/71)
170. Appropriation Regulations of State Treasury, 21th Fiscal Year, 1869-70, F3903:149 Fund: Furnishing State Capitol, Act 02/07/70, $48,276.19
(column headings) Issued - Redemption - # - Whom - What for - $
06/30/70 - 7316 - J.C. Devine& Bro. - Baskets etc. - $16.50 (04/06/70)
171. Register of Warrants Redeemed of the State Treasury, List of Warrants Drawn by the Controller, 1861-63, F3903:205 Pg 95.
(column headings) Issued - # - Whom - What for - $ - Redeem - Whom paid
10/29/62 - 424 - P.J. Devine - Monu. of Ferguson - $500 - 12/04/62 Ed Christy, Att. (11/30/61)
172. Register of Warrants Redeemed by the State Treasury, List of Warrants Drawn by the Controller, 7/1/1872-6/30/1873, 24th Fiscal Year, F3903:210.
(column headings) Issued - # - Whom - What for - $ - Redeem - Whom paid
08/08/72 1205 - Ait & Luce - $1000. - 02/06/73 - D.O. Mills & Co.
12/04/72 - 3628 - Ait & Luce - $14. - 12/07/72 - Aitken & Luce
173. Register of Warrants Redeemed by the State Treasury, List of Warrants Drawn by the Controller, 7/1/1873 -6/30/1874, 25th Fiscal Year, F3903:211.
(column headings) Issued - # - Whom - What for - $ - Redeem - Whom paid
10/07/72 - 1136 - W. Boyne - Capitol - $59.14 - 01/18/74 - John J. Gand
11/05/72 - 1501 - W. Boyne - Capitol - $131.25 - 02/00/74 - John J. Gand
12/04/72 - 1818 - W. Boyne - Capitol - $126.17 - 02/10/74 - A.L. Hopkins
12/04/72 - 1946 - Ait & Luce - Capitol - $30.13 - 02/00/74 - D.O. Mills & Co
03/03/73 - 5067 - Ait & Luce - Capitol - $8.00 - 03/00/74 - Aitken & Luce
07/25/73 - 375 - J.C. Devine & Co. - Capitol - $37.12 - 02/00/74 - John Kelly
174. Register of Warrants Redeemed by the State Treasury, List of Warrants Drawn by the Controller, 7/1/1874-6/30/1875, 26th Fiscal Year, F3903:212.
(column headings) Issued - # - Whom - What for - $ - Redeem - Whom paid
07/08/74 - 130 - Ait & Luce - General - $14.04 - 02/00/75 - Aitken & Luce
03/08/71 - 3280 - Trustee of State Burial Grounds- General - $300.00 - 03/31/71 - P.H. Rofsell
175. Journal of the California Assembly, The Statutes of California Passed at the 11th Session of the Legislature, 1860. (Sac: John O’Meara, State Printer, 1860) Pg 678-79. “House of Assembly, Monday, April 16, 1860....RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Conness offered the following resolutions:
“WHEREAS, the Hon. John C. Bell, a member of this body, representing the county of El Dorado, has deceased, having met his death while in the capitol in the performance of his public duties; and, whereas, we recognize in our late distinguished associate a man of sterling worth, honest, upright, courteous, and brave, whose private life and unspotted public reputation challenged the admiration of all who knew him; therefore,
“RESOLVED, that as a testimonial to his memory, this House do now adjourn to pay him our last sad tribute of respect, and that the members of this body wear the usual badge of mourning for the period of thirty days.
“RESOLVED, that the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of the Contingent Fund of the Assembly for the purpose of defraying the expenses attendant upon the death of the Hon. John C. Bell, and to procure a proper place of interment and the erection of a suitable monument to mark his final resting place; and that a committee of three be appointed to carry out the object of this resolution.
“RESOLVED, that these proceedings, together with those of the Senate, be communicated to the family of the deceased.
“RESOLVED, that the Senate be notified of these proceedings.
“Adopted.
“The Speaker pro tem, announced Messrs. Conness, Welty, and Beach, the committee under the resolution, and declared the House adjourned....”
176. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society During the Year 1859, (Sac: C.T. Botts, State Printers, 1860)
Pg 71, 75, 76: Report of Recording Secretary
(column headings) Date - # - Whom - Purpose - $
09/13/59 - 130 - A. Aitken & Co. - Corner Stone of New Pavilion in Stockton - $ 40.00
10/07/59 - 351 - A. Aitken & Co. - Premiums - $13.50
10/18/59 - 403 - P.S. Devine (sic) - Premiums - $80.00
Pg 130: Award amounts
Class VII Mines and Mining; Mining Products #44. Description of entry: Marble 1st prize: $10.00; 2nd prize: $5.00.
Class VIII Art and Home Work; Works of Art #45. Description of entry: Marble - Monument 1st prize: $40.00; 2nd prize: $20.00. Marble Mantle 1st prize: $40.00; 2nd prize: $20.00. Plaster work 1st prize: $20.00; 2nd prize: $10.00.
Pg 155: entries
Mines and Mining; Mining Products: P.J. Devine, Sacramento - One piece of California marble.
Art and Home Work; Works of Art: P.J. Devine & Brother, Sacramento - one statuary sculptured monument, three statuary mantles, three medallions, bust of Gov. Weller, one sleeping child. Aitken & Co, Sacramento - two statuettes of California marble, two granite bases, three monuments of California marble, one freestone bust.
Pg 192, 193: List of Premiums
Works of Art: P.J. Devine, marble monument - 2nd prize $20.00 marble mantle. 1st prize - $40.00 (Pl) plaster works - 1st prize $20.00 (Pl) Marble, Granite, Sculpture, etc: Aitken & Co, granite, worked: 2nd prize - $10.00 - marble work; 1st prize $40.00 (Pl)
177. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society During the Year 1863, (Sac: O.M. Clayes, State Printers, 1864)
Pg 36: Report of Recording Secretary
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
10/10/63 - Aitken & Co. - Premium - $34.00
Pg 127: List of Premiums
Manufactures: A.Aitken & Co, best marble monument - Goblet, $20.00
2nd best marble monu. - Framed diploma
best centre piece - Book
best statuette - Book
best exhibit in marble - Honorary diploma
Pg 204, 205: Rain tables 1850-64 for Sacramento and San Francisco
Pg 269: Average prices for articles of merchandise by month in 1863.
178. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society During the Year 1864-65, (Sac: O.M. Clayes, State Printers, 1866)
Pg 98: Report of Recording Secretary
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
09/23/65 - Aitken & Co. - Premium - $46.00
Pg 402: List of Premiums
Sculptures: Aitken & Luce, best marble exhibit 1st prize $10.00
marble mantle - 1st prize - Cup $10.00
marble monument -1st prize - Goblet $20.00
marble statuette - 1st prize
Pg 251: Report of County Assessor
“MARBLE QUARRIES. (TUOLUMNE COUNTY) Marble quarries are numerous and of good quality in this district. There are in and near Columbia, four. In Vine Springs is an extensive quarry on a immense ledge, of fine and good quality for almost any of the purposes to which marble is applied. The second is in Vine Springs District; a pure white marble, susceptible of high polish, suitable for statuary, and is an extensive ledge. The third is in Matelot Gulch, Columbia; is pink and black Egyptian, mixed - will take a high polish, and may be wrought to ornamental uses, for lamp stands, mantelpieces for fireplaces, and other ornamental uses, and is an extensive quarry. The fourth is on Knapp’s Ranch, Columbia; white marble, with blue veins, and valuable for general purposes to which marble is applied.”
Pg 314: “California MARBLE. Sacramento, January 2d, 1866. Mr. I.N. Hoag, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society:
“Sir: - In compliance with your request, I give you some information in regard to our marble quarries. The quarries from which we procure the marble known as ‘Indian Diggings marble,’ are located in El Dorado County, about three miles from the line that divides El Dorado from Amador County, twenty-five miles east of south from Placerville, thirty-two miles east of Latrobe, and sixty-two miles from Sacramento City. A branch of the new Amador road from Virginia City, Silver Mountain, etc., leads within one half mile of the quarries.
“These quarries were first seen by me in the winter of eighteen hundred and fifty-three and four; at that time there was nothing to attract attention to them except the quality of the marble, which was as fine as the best Italian.
“In the winter of eighteen hundred and fifty-six and seven, the solid ledges were uncovered by hydraulic mining, from which we have been taking marble since the summer following, from eighteen hundred and fifty-seven to eighteen hundred and sixty-one. We quarried only for monumental work. In eighteen hundred and sixty-one we erected a steam mill, with three gangs of saws, by which we have been able to supply the increasing demand for this material.
“The marble is more easily worked, more free from iron, flint, or other outside matter, and as it is as susceptible of as high a polish as the best Italian, there is no reason why it should not, in a few years, supersede the use of imported marble altogether. For general purposes, there is no marble in the United States that can compete with it; and, as you are well aware, we have exhibited it at all the State fairs since eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, in competition with foreign or domestic production. And we have the proud satisfaction of knowing that California has carried off the palm in marble, as she has in everything else in which she has come in competition with other parts of the world.
“In view of the above facts, it seems that this part of the production of the State has been almost entirely overlooked, and has not received the fostering care and encouragement from your society or the State Government that its importance demands. Knowing the deep interest that you take in developing all the resources of the State, I have placed the above at your disposal, hoping that it may assist you in your good work.
“I remain, respectfully, Your obedient servant, Israel Luce.”
179. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Board of Agriculture, Biennial Report 1866-67,
Pg 130-133: Report of Recording Secretary
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
09/20/67 - P.J. Devine - Premium - $25.00
09/21/67 - Israel Luce - Expenses - $10.00
09/21/67 - J.C. Devine & Bro. - Premium - $10.00
09/28/67 - Aitken & Co. - Premium - $25.00
Pg 127: List of Premiums
Marble Works: Aitken & Co, best California marble - 1st $5.00
Best work in California A marble Special - Diploma
J.C. Devine & Brother - best collection of marble work - 1st - $30.00
Best sculpture - 1st - $10.00
Pg 239,340: Report of Commissioners on Gold Medals, 6th Department, Fine Arts
“STATEMENT OF AITKEN & CO., FOR MARBLE WORKS. Sacramento, November 1st, 1867. To the Committee on awards of Gold Medals by the State Agricultural Society:
“GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned, claim that we are entitled to the award of the gold medal for the most meritorious exhibition in the Department of Fine Arts.
“First - Because we had the best exhibit of statuary (the highest class of fine arts) produced from California marble;
“Second - Because we have labored almost exclusively for the last eleven years to develop California products, and have finally succeeded in producing a quality of marble that has no superior in this country or Europe, it being more free from flint or iron, finer and more compact, stronger and capable of more ‘relief’ than either Italian or Vermont.
“Third - By such development we will in time save more money to California than any other branch of fine arts.
“Fourth - That in bringing about this result we have been unaided by any except our own labor and the acknowledged worth of the material produced, and we have thus far overcome all discouragements naturally attendant on all new enterprises in new countries.
“Fifth - We are supplying not only our own State but Oregon with marble, and we hope to extend the demand for California marble with the whole Pacific Coast and ‘islands of the sea’ shall pay tribute to the general wealth of our State, besides giving employment to hundreds of our own people.
“The importance of the development of our marble quarries can scarcely be realized, except by persons who have paid some attention to this particular branch of industry. The development of quarries of equal quality within the same distance from New York that these are from San Francisco would add millions to the real wealth of that State, and it only requires time to produce the same result here.
“We have this Spring and Summer erected a mill in place of the one burned down last year, with four gangs of saws, which we are running to their full capacity night and day, producing about forty tons per month, with capacity of increasing to almost any extent as the demand increases.
“Hoping to receive a favorable consideration, we submit the matter to your decision.
“Respectfully, AITKEN & CO.”
STATEMENT OF J.C. DEVINE & BROTHER, FOR MARBLE WORKS. Sacramento, October 29th, 1867. To the Committee on award of Gold Medals of the State Agricultural Society:
“GENTLEMEN: We claim the gold medal to be awarded in the Sixth Department for our exhibition of marble works, for the following reasons:
“First - We had the best and finest collection of marble works on exhibition - so decided by a Committee of competent architects and artisans, who awarded us the first premium offered by the society for such works.
“Second - We claim that our exhibition comprised the finest and most elaborate workmanship ever executed on the Pacific coast; and in this position we are sustained by many good judges.
“Third - For mechanical skill and art combined in the most modern and approved design, and most perfect proportion of every piece, exhibited by us.
“Fourth - For the beautiful figure-head sculpture, in our native Vermont marble, as fine in every particular as the best Italian statuary marble.
“Fifth - We claim the medal for the reason that we went to great expense to obtain the material to make the exhibition and in extra labor upon it, that the exhibition in our department of industry might be creditably represented at the Fair of the society.
“All of which is most respectfully submitted. J.C. DEVINE & BROTHER.”
180. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Board of Agriculture, Biennial Reports 1868-69, (Sac: D.W. Gelwicks, State Printers, 1870)
1868:
Pg 64, 66: Report of Recording Secretary
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
10/02/68 - J.C. Devine - Premium - $30.00
10/31/68 - P.J. Devine - Premium - $10.00
Pg 110: List of Premiums, Department 7: Sculpture.
P.J. Devine - sculpture - a child’s -1st - $10.00 (San Francisco) - bust
J.C. Devine & Brother - collection of marble work- 1st - $30.00
Pg 117: NOTEWORTHY EXHIBITIONS
“P.J. Devine, of San Francisco, exhibited a beautiful bust of a young boy, chiselled (sic) from an unusually fine block of Columbia (California) marble. Latent life appeared to dwell within the cold marble, and to gaze through the eyes of the sweet-faced child into the outer world beyond. Devine has executed many fine busts of prominent citizens, living and dead, but considers this last achievement his masterpiece.”
181. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Board of Agriculture, Biennial Reports 1868-69, (Sac: D.W. Gelwicks, State Printers, 1870)
1869:
Pg 181: Report of Recording Secretary
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
10/15/69 - J.C. Devine - Cleaning statue - $4.00
Pg 206: List of Premiums, Department 7: Fine Arts.
P.J. Devine - best sculpture - bust $10.00 (San Francisco)
Pg 214, 215: NOTEWORTHY EXHIBITIONS
“P.J. Devine, of San Francisco, placed another of his beautiful busts on exhibition, as a companion to ‘California.’ The bust was that of a lady in the full flush of womanhood. Though she was not beautiful, when measured by the strict rules of art, nobility of soul mirrors itself forth in the large, expressive eye, beaming with benevolence and charity, and betokens a woman who, though pure and guileless herself, realizes fully that ‘to err is human, to forgive divine.’”
“P.J. Devine, of San Francisco, exhibited a beautiful ideal bust of ‘California.’ The figure was that of a young, hopeful, earnest maiden. The placidity of her countenance betokens that she realizes that there is a grand future before her, while her thoughtful eyes and brow show that she possesses uncommon depth of feeling.”
Pg 230-234: heat and cold extremes from 1853-1869 by month for Sacramento and San Francisco.
Pg 235-237: rain tables from 1849-1869 by month for Sacramento and San Francisco.
182. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Board of Agriculture, Biennial Reports 1870-71, (Sac: T.A. Springer, State Printers, 1872)
1870:
Pg 66, 70: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1870
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
10/19/70 - J.C. Devine - Premium - $55.00
11/08/70 - Mrs. J. Devine (P.J.’s wife) - Premium - 1869 - $10.00
Pg 131: List of Premiums, Department 7: Marble.
J.C. Devine & Brother - best sculpture - $20.00
Best collection of - $40.00 - marble
Pg 164, 165: Report of Commissioners on Gold Medals, Department Seven, Marble
“STATEMENT OF AITKEN & LUCE. To the Committee on Gold Medals:
“GENTLEMEN: We herewith file our reasons for claiming the gold medal in the Seventh Department.
“First - We claim it because we had the largest collection of marble work, greatest variety, and worth more money than any in our line. We had the best sculpture and more of it than has ever been exhibited in the State Fair by any one firm. For the best sculpture we refer, first, to a ‘spread wing dove;’ second, to an original design for a child’s monument, with tablet resting on a pile of rocks, with a lamb resting in perfect repose in front. As works of art they have not been excelled in the State. Our exhibition consisted of five monuments of unquestioned proportion, four pieces of sculpture, and one marble table, the whole in California marble, thus demonstrating the fact that we have within ourselves the material for any purpose for which marble is used.
“Second - Because we have labored almost exclusively for the last thirteen years to develop California resources, and have finally succeeded in producing a quality of marble that has no superior in this or any other country, it being more free from flint or iron, finer and more compact, stronger and capable of more ‘relief’ than either Italian or Vermont.
“Third - By such developments we will save more money in the State than any other branch of fine arts.
“Fourth - That in bringing about this result we have been unaided by any except our own labor, and the acknowledged worth of the material produced having thus far overcome all the discouragements naturally attendant on all new enterprises in new countries.
“Fifth - We are supplying not only large portions of our own State but also a large portion of the marble that is used in Oregon. And by receiving the fostering care and encouragement which its importance demands, we hope to extend the demand for California marble until the whole Pacific Coast and the ‘Islands of the Sea’ shall pay tribute towards the general wealth of the State, and thus give employment to hundreds of our own people.
“The importance of the development of our marble quarries can scarcely be realized, except by persons who have paid some attention to this particular branch of industry. The development of quarries of equal quality within the same distance from New York that these are from San Francisco would add millions to the wealth of that State, and it only requires time to produce the same result here.
“We have expended several thousand dollars in improvements and machinery in developing it.
“For the above reasons we submit our claims, hoping you will appreciate our efforts in building up the real interests of the State, as well as cultivating a love for the beautiful, by awarding to us the gold medal for the seventh department.
“AITKEN & CO. Sacrament, October 15th, 1870.”
Pg 167-169: STATEMENT OF J.C. DEVINE & BRO., OF SACRAMENTO. To the Committee on Gold Medals of the State Agricultural Society:
“GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned, as competitor in the sixth and seventh departments of the recent Fair, having made the most meritorious exhibition in those departments (for which we received the two first premiums), hereby most respectfully file our claim for the gold medal, and base our claim on the following facts:
“First - All work exhibited by us is of our own manufacture, and has been under the direction of no other person.
“Second - That after due consideration for business we will abundantly prove that our sole aim has always been to perfect and elevate our business in California by trying to emulate the most celebrated sculptors, and by creating a friendly rivalry among other manufacturers.
“Third - That our large monument built of Italian blue or veined marble is of the highest standard of architectural beauty and finish, and is also of original design, the product of our own brains. That we will pit the aforesaid piece of workmanship against anything of marble work of its nature in the State. Its style of architecture is the Ionic, though somewhat relieved by a composite architecture greatly hightening the brilliancy and effect of its appearance. Its projections are so accurate, and the relieved work so small and fine, that we claim for it the name of ‘masterpiece.’ We began this piece of work in March last, expecting to have more competitors, and advance the idea that inasmuch as that the work was executed solely with a view to competition and not for merchandise, our claim is thereby enhanced. The cost of labor upon it was seven hundred dollars.
“Fourth - Our Gothic tombstone, with shield and wreath of flowers, we claim to be as true to nature as any that can be hewn from marble in this or any other country. The wreath consists of an interlaced circle of immortelles and lilies (a peculiarly difficult flower to cut), and is finished in the highest style of art.
“Fifth - Our scroll, with sleeping infant, is, from the very peculiar nature of the material from which it is cut, a most praiseworthy production. We append the following extract from the Sacramento Reporter of April eighteenth last:
‘In dropping into the marble works of the Devine Brothers we were highly pleased by the inspection of a sleeping baby on couch, by the beautiful proportion of the limbs and accuracy of expression, which makes it compare favorably with the best masters, and was executed by Mr. J. C. Devine’s own hand, as an actual occurrence.’
“Sixth - Our modern style chimney piece and mantel is cut from Italian statuary marble, and is provided with side trusses; on each front side is cut a fruit piece in bold relief, surrounded and entwined with the grapevine and leaf, which for accuracy and perfect finish we challenge the Pacific Coast.
“Seventh - This statuette, strictly speaking, comes under the head of the sixth department, and we trust will serve to show that care and time, combined with genius, may do. It is an allegorical representation of Virtue and Innocence, and fearing that in describing it we would overstep the bounds of modesty, we most respectful ask that, if consistent with convenience, the committee will call upon us at our works and examine it in person.
“Eighth - We are young mechanics who in an honorable desire to excel, have given our care, time, and means for the advancement of our business on this coast, and hope by your encouragement to persevere until it shall be truly said California excels in marble work and statuary, as our last Fair has abundantly proven she does in all other arts and industries.
“All of which is most respectfully submitted by your humble servants, J.C. DEVINE & BRO.
ADDENDA.
“We view with regret the fact that mines or leads of marble in this State are but poorly developed. We have ourselves inspected the various mines in Amador and Placer Counties, and are of opinion that none of it, in qualities most essential for working, equals the Cararra (sic) marble. We are satisfied that with the necessary encouragement from the State, marble quarries could be developed which would not only supply our own demands, but furnish material for exportation, thereby inaugurating another of the already long list of products for which our State has become famous.
“Respectfully, your obedient servants, J.C. DEVINE & BRO., nos. 216 and 218 K street, between seventh and eighth, Sacrament, California.”
183. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Board of Agriculture, Biennial Reports 1870-71, (Sac: T.A. Springer, State Printers, 1872)
1871:
Pg 216, 222: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1871
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
10/06/71 - J.C. Devine - paid to SAS - $5.00
00/00/00 - J.C. Devine - bill - $6.25
Pg 258: List of Premiums, Department 7: Fine Arts.
C.C. Devine& Brother - best sculpture - $20.00
Best collection of - $20.00 (sic) marble work
Pg 305, 306: Report of Commissioners on Gold Medals
“WORKS IN MARBLE. STATEMENT OF J.C. DEVINE & BROTHER, OF SACRAMENTO. To the Committee on award of Gold Medals of the State Agricultural Society:
“GENTLEMEN: In our department, on the merits of executing the finest and best pieces of sculpture in marble which were exhibited at the State Fair of the present year, held in this city, and as regards the same we submit:
“First - That the exhibition of the same was attended by considerable cost and labor to us, our object being to have the fine arts of our State, as produced by hammer and chisel, fairly resented, and thus call for all honorable competition.
“Second - We claim the gold medal for our beautiful display of marble work in mantelpieces, scrolls, and monuments - representing the best workmanship in that line of art ever exhibited at a State Fair in California - and as soon as our competitors learned that we had such pieces for exhibition, they concluded not to compete, so we were the only marble workers who made a display at the State Fair of eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
“Third - In our department at the last State Fair, the two mantels were of native Vermont white marble, as fine in ‘texture’ and as susceptible of as bright a polish or luster as any marble imported.
“Fourth - We have also to say for information, that there has been discovered in our neighboring State, Nevada, an immense ledge of marble, specimens of which having been worked and polished by us, prove as fine and as susceptible of as brilliant an exterior as the famous Italian statuary. The lode is situated at Pyramia (sic) Lake, and the discoverer is Mr. Raepheal, of Wadsworth.
“Fifth - We would impress upon your minds, gentlemen, that in getting up one of the finest mantelpieces referred to, we went to very great expense, our aim being to exhibit something alike creditable to our glorious State and the Pacific coast. It is too costly an ornament to find ready customer, as its price, fifteen hundred dollars, would be but a fair remuneration for our skill and labor.
“All of which, gentlemen, we submit to your judgment and discretion.
“J.C. DEVINE & BROTHER.”
Pg 309: Report on Gold Medal Committee for 1871, “Seventh Department - to J.C. Devine & Bro., of Sacramento, for sculpture and other work in marble.” “In making their awards the committee have been governed by the following considerations:
“First - The merit of the exhibits;
“Second - The value to the State of the interest represented;
“Third - The need of its encouragement.”
Pg 359, 360: Rain table for Sacramento from 1849 to 1871.
184. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society During the Year 1872, (Sac: T.A. Springer, State Printers, 1873)
Pg 51: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1872
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
09/30/72 - Devine & Bros. - Premium - $80.00
Pg 92: Entries, Department 7, Class II:
J.C. Devine, Sacramento - Exhibition of sculpture; exhibition of statuary and busts in plaster; collection of marble works.
Pg 135: List of Premiums, Department 7: Fine Arts, Sculpture.
J.C. Devine & Brother - exhibition of sculpture - $20.00
Best exhibition of $20.00 statuary and busts in plaster best collection of marble works - $40.00
Pg 172, 173: Report of Commissioners on Gold Medals
“STATEMENT OF J.C. DEVINE & BROTHER. To the Committee on award of Gold Medals:
“GENTLEMEN: In our department, on the merits of executing the finest and best pieces of sculpture in marble, which were exhibited at the State Fair of eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
“First - That the exhibition of the same was attended by considerable cost and labor to us, our object being to have the fine arts of our State, as produced by hammer and chisel, fairly represented, and thus call for all honorable competition. But as your honorable committee will bear in mind, such works do not get the least encouragement in this country; but if the works exhibited by us came from Florence, or some other place of note in Europe, they would find a ready market on this coast. For the reason that fine work is not encouraged here, we have to discontinue this branch of our trade, and follow the rough and ready style of work most generally done in this country, as it is the most remunerative; and we hope the committee will take this thing into consideration.
“Second - The works exhibited by us consisted of two mantel-pieces of Vermont marble, with sculptured figures of Italian statuary marble, and one of Italian mock statuary marble, and two Gothic monuments, somewhat relieved on top by the composite order and two scrolls of Italian marble - one with a dove on top, with the morning glory entwined around the dove, which of itself is a masterpiece; the other has a sleeping baby on top, and is a true copy from nature, but in miniature size. It has cost us one hundred dollars to take these articles to the Pavilion and set them up, and take them down and set them up again in our wareroom. While the artist in painting can pack his works on a wagon at once easily, we have to take a dray nearly a day to do our hauling. Therefore, we claim the society should be a little more liberal in the marble department in regard to premiums.
“Hoping, gentlemen, you will give our claim all due consideration, we most respectfully submit the above.
“J.C. DEVINE & BROTHER.”
Pg 220, 221: Sun spots reports for 1848, 1860 and 1870.
185. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society During the Year 1873, Pg 10, 16, 21: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1873
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
09/20/73 - A. Aitken - Life membership - $45.00
09/24/73 - Aitken & Luce - Premium - $115.00
10/10/73 - J.C. DevineBrother - & Premium - $20.00
Pg 87, 94: Entries, Department 4, Class VII:
Aitken & Luce, Sacramento - 09/15/73 - Display of California Marble.
Department 7, Class II:
Aitken & Luce, Sacramento - 09/15/73 - Three Vermont statuary mantels; One Vermont statuary monument; Four California marble monuments; Five plaster statuettes; Two plaster busts; Collection of marble works; Exhibition of sculpture; Exhibition of statuettes in plaster.
J.C. Devine, Sacramento - 09/16/73 - Exhibition of sculpture; One statuary mantel; One Italian vein mantel; One Italian veined headstone; One Italian statuary scroll; One Italian veined monument.
Aitken & Luce, Sacramento - 09/16/73 - One lamb monument for child; One California marble tablet; One Vermont marble tablet; Two Italian marble vases.
Pg 120, 125: List of Premiums, Department 4, Class VII:
Aitken & Luce - Display of California Marble - $20.00
Department 7, Fine Arts, Sculpture.
Aitken & Luce Best collection of marble works - $75.00; Best exhibition of statuary and busts in plaster - $20.00
J.C. Devine & Brother - Best exhibition of sculpture - $20.00
Pg 160: Freight charges on Central Pacific.
Pg 175: Report of Commissioners on Gold Medals
“STATEMENT OF AITKEN & LUCE. To the Committee on Gold Medals:
“To the Committee on award of Gold Medals by the State Agricultural Society for the State of California:
“GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned, claim that we are entitled to the award of the gold medal offered for the most meritorious exhibition in the Seventh Department, for the following reasons:
“First - We had the largest variety and most artistically executed work in marble ever exhibited at any Fair held in the State.
“Second - For the reason that, in monumental work, every design was original, and executed in the highest style in art.
“Third - That all work exhibited by us would bear the closest criticisms, both as to proportion and execution.
“Fourth - that out(r) sculpture of spread-wing doves required more skill and art than any piece of work in marble ever exhibited at a Fair in this State, maintaining their true proportions in every particular.
“Fifth - Because our exhibition was of more moneyed value than ever exhibited at our State Fairs, in the line of fine arts.
“Sixth - For the reason that we spared neither time or money to make the exhibition in our department worthy of the State.
“Seventh - Because the larger portion of our exhibit was wrought in California marble, thus displaying our resources, in producing a marble as fine in texture and capable of greater relief than any other marble produced in any part of the world.
“All of which is respectfully submitted for your consideration.
“AITKEN & LUCE.”
Pg 176: REPORT OF GOLD MEDAL COMMITTEE FOR 1873.
“Seventh Department - To Aitken & Luce, Sacramento, California, for marble work.”
186. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society During the Year 1874, (Sac: G.H. Springer (T.A.?), State Printer, 1875)
Pg 28: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1874
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
09/28/74 - Aitken & Luce - Premium - $145.00
Pg 100: Entries
Department 2, Class I:
Mrs. F.N. Fish, Sacramento - 09/17/74 - A Wool tidy; Four Java canval tidies; twenty yards of crochet lace; two lamp mats; one hair bouquet; one vase wool flowers.
Pg 143, 149: List of Premiums
Department 4, Class VII: Aitken & Luce - Display of California Marble - $20.00
Department 7, Class II: Aitken & Luce Best collection of marble works - $75.00
Best exhibition of statuary and busts in plaster - $25.00
Best exhibition of sculpture - $25.00
Pg 175: Report of Commissioners on Gold Medals
“STATEMENT OF AITKEN & LUCE. To the Committee on Gold Medals:
“Sacramento, December 10th, 1874. To the Committee on award of Gold Medals by the State Agricultural Society for the State of California :
“GENTLEMEN: We wish to submit the following as the principal reasons for our claim to the gold medal in the Seventh Department:
“First - We had a larger and better display than was ever made in this or any other State Fair in the United States, so far as our information goes.
“Second - We exhibited Vermont, Italian and California marble.
“Third - The variety of our work exceeded our display of last year one hundred per cent.
“Fourth - All our work was first-class, and would bear criticism from any source.
“Fifth - We had more money value in the exhibition than any other in mechanical arts in the Fair.
“Sixth - We fully carried out our promise to make a better display in work and material than the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
“Seventh - The monuments were all of original design.
“Eighth - Our exhibition of sculpture of lambs, dove, rose wreath, female bust, and statues, were of a class and style of work that would compare favorably with the production of any artist.
“Ninth - The display of lettering and gravestone carving was equal to any work done in the State.
“Tenth - The principal portion of our display was from California material, and the different styles and designs in which it was wrought manifest that California is as far ahead in her marble as she is in all her other natural productions.
“All of which is respectfully submitted.
“AITKEN & LUCE.”
Pg 182: REPORT OF GOLD MEDAL COMMITTEE, “Seventh Department. To Aitken & Luce, for marble work.”
Pg 234-237: Rain table for San Francisco and Sacramento from 1849 to 1874. (page 238 and 239 missing)
187. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Board of Agriculture, Biennial Report 1876-77, (Sac: F.P. Thompson, Supt. State Printer, 1878), Pg 15, 19: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1876
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
01/01/76 - J.C. Devine - Premium (1875) - $50.00
01/01/76 - Aitken & Luce - Premium - $125.00 (actually $150)
Pg 38, 40: Entries
Department 4, Class VII:
Aitken & Luce, Sacramento - Display of California marble; display of dressed stone.
Department 7, Class II:
Aitken & Luce, Sacramento - Six monuments; three statues; two vases with pedestals; one small Vermont scroll; one granite head stone; one swinging dove.
Pg 60, 64: List of Premiums
Department 4, Class VII:
Aitken & Luce - Display of California Marble - $20.00
Best display dressed stone - $5.00
Department 7, Class II:
Aitken & Luce Best collection of marble works - $75.00
Best display of dressed stone - $5.00
Best exhibition of sculpture - $25.00
Best display of California marble - $20.00
188. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, Board of Agriculture, Biennial Report 1876-77, (Sac: F.P. Thompson, Supt. State Printer, 1878)
Pg 17, 18: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1877
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
09/22/77 - Aitken & Luce - Premium - $20.00
09/24/77 - J.C. Devine - Premium - $50.00
09/25/77 - Frank N. Fish - Premium - $50.00
Pg 38, 39, 40: Entries
Department 4, Class VIII:
Aitken & Luce, Sacramento - Samples of California marble.
( Dept. 5, Class II: Jesse Aitken display of beans, peas; premium $5.00)
Department 7, Class II:
Aitken & Luce, Sacramento - Collection of sculpture; collection of marble works.
J.C. Devine, Sacramento - Collection of sculpture; collection of marble works.
Frank N. Fish, Sacramento - Collection of sculpture; collection of statuary and busts in plaster; collection of marble works.
(Note: T. Griffith, Penryn - collection of polished California granite)
Pg 69, 75: List of Premiums
Department 4, Class VIII:
Aitken & Luce - Best Display of California Marble - $20.00
Department 7, Class II:
J.C. Devine - Best exhibition of marble works - $50.00
Frank N. Fish Best exhibition of sculpture - $25.00
Best display of busts in plaster - $25.00
(G. Griffith Best exhibition of polished California granite - $50.00)
189. Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society During the Year 1878, (Sac: F.P. Thompson, Supt. State Printer, 1879)
Pg 20: Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for the Year 1878
(column headings) Date - Whom - Purpose - $
09/23/78 - Aitken & Fish - Premium - $95.00
Pg 47, 53: Entries
Department 4, Class VIII:
Aitken & Fish, Sacramento - Display of California marble.
Department 7, Class II:
Aitken & Fish, Sacramento - Collection of sculpture; collection of marble works; collection of statuary and busts in plaster.
(Note: T. Griffith, Penryn - collection of polished California granite )
Pg 79, 84: List of Premiums
Department 4, Class VIII:
Aitken & Fish - Best Display of California Marble - $20.00
Department 7, Class II:
Aitken & Fish Best collection of marble works - $50.00
Best exhibition of sculpture - $25.00
(G. Griffith - $50.00)
Pg 312: El Dorado County Agricultural Fair
Department 7, Fine Arts:
J.C. Devine - Best Sculpture - Diploma
Best collection of marble work - Diploma
Pg 366, 367: Report of the City and County Assessor of San Francisco
# marble works in city - 20
# men employed - 200
Aggregate value - $500,000
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