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    William Alvord (January 3, 1833 – December 21, 1904) was an American merchant, banker and political leader in San Francisco. He was the 13th Mayor of San...
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    Albert "Burt" Alvord (September 11, 1867 – after 1910) was an American lawman and later outlaw of the Old West. Alvord began his career in law enforcement...
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  • Alvord is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Austin D. Alvord (born 1843), American politician Benjamin Alvord (mathematician) (1813–1884)...
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    Thomas Henry Selby December 6, 1869 December 3, 1871 Republican 14 William Alvord December 4, 1871 November 30, 1873 Republican 15 James Otis[a] December...
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    Francisco in late September and met with dignitaries including Mayor William Alvord. After five days in the city, lodging at the Occidental Hotel, they...
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  • capital was reduced by $2 million. Upon the retirement of Mills in 1878, William Alvord, a prominent merchant, was elected president of the bank. Under his...
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    year. Alvord Lake is located at the eastern end of the park near the intersection of Haight and Stanyan streets. It was named for William Alvord, Park...
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  • William Alvord Wolff Jr. (November 18, 1917 –September 6, 2014) was an American college football player. Wolff was born in 1917 in San Francisco. He sold...
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    Observatory) 1898 William Alvord (San Francisco merchant/banker; Bank of California president; 14th mayor of San Francisco) 1897 William Hussey (Lick Observatory)...
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    world wheat market in 1887 cost the firm millions.[citation needed] William Alvord, president of the Bank of California, in 1887 warned James C. Flood...
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    Atherton. His daughter Clair married Andrew Jackson Ralston, brother of William Chapman Ralston. His son, Prentiss, married Nattie Cofin of the Nantucket...
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    Supervisors, the order was immediately vetoed by San Francisco mayor William Alvord. In his veto, the mayor stated that "this order, though general in its...
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  • The Alvord chub (Siphateles alvordensis) is a rare cyprinid fish endemic to the Alvord basin in southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada, U.S., known...
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    Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Claus Spreckels and former mayor William Alvord, who offered it as a gift to the City of San Francisco for use in Golden...
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  • throughout Selby's term (ending December 1871). Selby's successor, William Alvord, also a Republican, appointed Wells to the same position during his...
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    Prospect Park South (category Communities developed by Dean Alvord)
    Precinct of the New York City Police Department. In 1899, developer Dean Alvord purchased about 60 acres (24 ha) of farmland in order to create Prospect...
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    William Larkin, was an American outlaw in the Old West who, with partner Burt Alvord, led a small gang of train robbers while serving as a deputy sheriff in...
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    tending to his wound and accompanied by a pair of Arizona train robbers, Burt Alvord and Billy Stiles. Several months passed before Chacon was found to be back...
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    June, September, and December. Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1908–14) Clarence W. Alvord (1914–23) Lester B. Shippee (1923–24) Milo M. Quaife (1924–30) Arthur Charles...
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  • O. Mills, William Alvord, and James G. Fair. Other large stockholders included Leland Stanford, James Flood, Alvinza Hayward, and William Ralston. Also...
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    and exporter in San Francisco, working at his father-in-law Frederick William Macondray's business Macondray and Company. Otis became a member of the...
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    William Henry Seward (/ˈsuːərd/; May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861...
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    Joe Mayer William John Murphy Wing F. Ong Levi Ruggles Sedona Schnebly Michael Sullivan Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Henry Wickenburg "Alvord-Stiles Gang...
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  • Willson 1945: William Alvord Borst 1946: William Frost 1947: Richard D. Ellmann 1948: William Henry Jordy 1949: Pier-Maria Pasinetti 1950: William Hugh Kenner...
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  • (1840–1887) Burt Alvord (1867–1910) Charlie Anderson (1844–1868) David L. "Billy Wilson" Anderson (1862–1918) Hugh Anderson (1851–1873 or 1914?) William Butch "Billy...
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    United States in terms of greatly enlarged boundaries. Historians such as Alvord, Harlow and Ritcheson have emphasized that British generosity was based...
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    William Learned Marcy (December 12, 1786 – July 4, 1857) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as U.S. Senator, Governor of New York...
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    Mississippi. Nashville, Tennessee: Press of Brandon Printing Company. p. 52. Alvord, Clarence Walworth (1920). Collections of the Illinois State Historical...
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  • William Osmund Kelly (December 10, 1909 – July 1974) was an American politician who served as mayor of Flint, Michigan. He also filled the position of...
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    Thomas Gold Alvord (December 20, 1810 – October 26, 1897) was an American lawyer, merchant and politician. Throughout his political career he was known...
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