Henry Haight

{{for|the former California governor|Henry Huntly Haight}}

Henry Haight (c. 1820–1869) was an American exchange banker and pioneer. He was the manager of the Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co. in San Francisco during the California gold rush era.

He is the uncle of Henry Huntly Haight (1825–1878), tenth governor of California.{{cite web | url=http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/vitals/sfobiha.htm | title=Henry Haight obituary "Death of an Old Citizen" | publisher=San Francisco Examiner | author= | date= 25 Mar 1869 | page=2 | accessdate=2007-06-01}}

Haight Street, running from San Francisco's Golden Gate Park through the Haight-Ashbury to Market Street, is named in his honor.{{cite web | url=http://www.sfmuseum.org/street/stnames4.html | title=San Francisco Streets Named for Pioneers | publisher=Museum of the City of San Francisco | accessdate=2007-06-01}}

References

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  • {{cite book | last=Hittell | first=Theodore Henry | url=https://archive.org/details/historycaliforn08hittgoog | quote=henry haight page bacon & co. | title=History of California | location=San Francisco | publisher=Pacific Press | year=1885 | oclc=4350030 }}
  • {{cite book | last=Sherman | first=William | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09mjOiJJx3wC&q=page+bacon+%26+co+haight&pg=PA110| pages=110–112 |origyear=1875 | title=Memoirs of General William T. Sherman | location=New York | publisher=Da Capo Press | year=1984 | isbn=0-306-80213-9}}

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Category:1820s births

Category:1869 deaths

Category:American bankers

Category:People of the California Gold Rush

Category:Businesspeople from San Francisco

Category:19th-century American businesspeople

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