Edwin White Newhall; Born 7 May 1856, Died 28 October 1915.

[San Francisco], 1917. First edition. Octavo. [6], 111, [3] pp. plus 16 tipped-in photographs. Publisher's quarter mottled vellum over beveled brown boards. bookplate of Newhall Family (as always). An excellent copy.Biography and memorial in honor of Edwin White Newhall (1856-1915), son of Henry Mayo Newhall and Sarah Ann White, who was born and lived in San Francisco, California. He married Fannie Silliman Hall (1858- 1881) in 1880, and Virginia Whiting (b.1857) in 1882. Includes some family history, and genealogy of descendants and ancestors, 1630 to 1915. Also includes three photographs of his San Francisco residences (Pacific Ave., Van Ness Ave., and Beale St.) and two of his yacht Virginia.The Newhall Land and Farming Company was incorporated on July 1, 1883, by the five sons of Henry Newhall (William, Edwin, Henry, Walter, and George), from a businessman who had purchased a number of former Mexican land grants. Henry Newhall had died the previous year and had instructed his sons not to sell the land. The company initially had 143,000 acres of land, ranging from Monterey to Los Angeles counties. One of their properties is now the city of Valencia in Southern California.