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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[Payment to Ah Louis from John S. Luis]
Local Identifier
167-7-d-29-09-04
Date Created
1885 (year uncertain)
Description

Payment, in the amount of $40.00, to Ah Louis from John S. Lewis for Chinese woodchoppers. This is possibly the envelope for the object with the identifier 167-7-d-29-09-03.

China trip scrapbook key, circa 1933
Local Identifier
167-6-d-13-01-01
Date Created
1933 (year uncertain)
Description

Photo descriptions and key to abbreviations for the Louis family's trip to China scrapbooks. The numbered descriptions in the key correspond to the numbered photos in the scrapbooks (167-6-d-16-01-01 and 167-6-d-16-02-01).

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Certificate of extension of special-tax stamp no. V175350, 1891
Local Identifier
167-7-b-28-04-01
Date Created
1891-05-01
Description

Receipt of a special tax paid by Ah Louis' business as a 'retail liquor dealer'. The text of the document reads: 'The sum of Four Dollars Sixteen and Two-thirds Cents having this day been paid to me by Ah Louis for special tax on the business of Retail Liquor Dealer, to be carried on at San Luis Obispo, state of Cal., for the months of May and June, 1891, Special-Tax Stamp No. V175350, issued to ______, covering the business ad place of business above mentioned to April 30, 1891, is hereby extended to June 30, 1891.'

1892 Freight Bill
Local Identifier
167-7-e-29-21-20
Date Created
1892
Description

1892 freight bill depicting a rice order. Page 1 of 2, page 2 not scanned

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