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Bibliography of the writings of Archer Butler Hulbert
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Phillips, Archer. To Octavia E. Butler
Manuscripts
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OEB 6049
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Butler, Octavia E. To Archer Phillips
Manuscripts
Carb. copy (L.S., typewritten: 1p.); 28cm. Los Angeles, Calif.
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Hulbert, Archer Butler. Forty-Niners: The Chronicle of the California Trail.Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. Signed by the author for "Miss Scamman" [Edith Scamman]. 1 item
Manuscripts
The collection is arranged alphabetically by author, or in the case of ephemera, type. The first six boxes consist entirely of correspondence, the lone exception being a manuscript entitled "Mind your Business," one of Scamman's school papers. Highlights include an extensive series of correspondence between the husband and wife from the early 1890s detailing Scamman's discovery that one of his trusted employees, Henry T. Briggs, had embezzled thousands of dollars from Scamman's bank in Downieville. Though Scamman did not prosecute Briggs criminally, he ordered his disgraced clerk to hand over all of his life insurance, his stock in the gold mine in which both men had invested, and any money in his possession. Also prominent in the correspondence are letters to and from captains of Scamman's ship, the bark "Wildwood." The collection's ephemera component is its largest, and includes business ledgers, checks, legal documents, receipts, bills, mortgages, promissory notes, insurance policies, deeds, and tax forms. There is also an autographed copy of a book given to Scamman's daughter in 1932 in oversize. Subjects in the collection include: agriculture; banks and banking; Butte County and Downieville (Calif.); merchant ships; mining; and Saco (Me.).
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