Louis Family Papers

The Louis Family Papers contains nineteenth- and early twentieth-century business records and personal papers of the Louis family, a prominent and pioneering mercantile family in San Luis Obispo, California. Born in China, Wong On (Ah Louis) migrated to the United States in 1861 and opened a Chinese mercantile store in San Luis Obispo in 1874. Included are the records of Louis' children, of which Howard Louis' records comprise the bulk. The collection is comprised of approximately 20 linear feet of family correspondence, financial and legal records, and business correspondence and financial records. More information available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8348mwz/

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Letter from Herron and Baker Company to Ah Louis
Local Identifier
167-7-d-29-09-07
Description

Letter reads: 'Sept. 18; Ah Louis, San Luis Obispo: Dear [?] [You?] will please sack for us 60 sacks of the potatoes that have been dug 2 weeks or so to weigh about 105 to the sack and let us know what day the first of the week we can send a [?] for them. Yours and etc., Herron and Baker Co.'

Letter from R. W. Nuttall
Local Identifier
167-7-d-29-07-03
Date Created
1896-12-13
Description

Letter written on Oceano letterhead from R. W. Nuttall to Ah Louis.

Letter from M. F. Taylor
Local Identifier
167-7-d-29-07-07
Date Created
1897-04-14
Description

Letter stating that a Chinese cook was no longer required because the first one had not come.

Letter from D. W. Barnard
Local Identifier
167-7-d-29-07-09
Date Created
1896-06-30
Description

Letter written on E. W. Steele letterhead to Ah Louis regarding a payment and vegetable fields.

Letter to Ah Louis from George Bates
Local Identifier
167-7-d-29-07-16
Date Created
1895-07-06
Description

A letter reading: "San Luis Obispo, July 6, 1895. Received of Ah Luis two hundred and thirty seven 50/ dollars; being in full of all claims against him up to date; and in consideration of the above payment I agree to release him from all obligations to make any further clearance on the land belonging to me and of which he was lessee , and of all claims of any kind against him. George Batts Witness John Edgar"

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