Approximately 80 items, including letters, wills, receipts, a plat map of San Francisco property, and other documents.

Fascinating archive of material relating to an old San Francisco family, and a dispute over the will of J. Lloyd Chambers instigated by a one-time love who had returned to England to look after her aging mother. Most of the items date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Mrs. Caroline Chambers, widow of T.J.A. Chambers, was nearing the end of her life, and was attempting to sell or lease properties to sustain herself. Among the properties is one surveyed in 1893, with a map of the plot bounded by Lombard Street and Chambers Place. Many of the letters are to or from San Francisco Real Estate Agents Baldwin & Howell, who handled the transactions. Mrs. Chambers died in 1909, the remaining property going to her son J. Lloyd Chambers, who himself passed away some three years later, shortly after changing his will. The recipient of his estate was Archibald Stuart Baldwin, a principal in the firm of Baldwin & Howell. This prompted a letter to Baldwin from the British Consulate-General in San Francisco, relating that he had "been in correspondence lately with a Miss Pope of...Ireland. This lady tells me that for a number of years she lived in California and that during this time she became acquainted with the late J. Lloyd Chambers, and was engaged to be married to him during a matter of 12 years... Miss Pope has asked me to let you know of the intimate and affectionate relations that for so may years existed between herself and the deceased... She appears to be in straightened circumstances and is in hopes that when you have considered her story you may see your way to maker her some donation from Mr. Chambers' estate..." Baldwin declines, stating several reasons - the estate is not that valuable, is partially encumbered, promises were made to charities, and perhaps the relationship was not as close as Miss Pope claims. There are also present in the archive seven letters from Pope to J.L. Chambers, and two from her to Baldwin. Also, one from J.L. Chambers to Miss Pope, and four tintype portraits of a gentleman, undoubtedly Chambers, with painting of the Cliff House in the background.