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Rare Books
Memoirs of Cornelius Cole : ex-senator of the United States from California
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
In this brief note to the otherwise unidentified "Friend Avery," Cole writes that he has sent some papers that "may serve as a memorandum for Mrs. O." He is unsure if "pension was obtained" but "Mr. Olmstead will know." Signed "C. Cole."
mssHM 29227
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Manuscripts
In this letter of recommendation, Cole writes to Rixley: "It affords me great pleasure to speak of your fitness in all respects for the Dist-Attorneyship for Cal[iforni]a.".
mssHM 21831
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Manuscripts
This small group is comprised of three letters by Cole to Jones, written from Los Angeles, mostly about economic policies in the United States, gold, silver, and currency. He also states that we must "free ourselves from the iron grasp of Wall-Street, and free coinage will go far in that direction."
mssHM 82393-82395
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Visual Materials
The collection consists of 809 portrait photographs in a variety of formats. It is a reference collection of individual and group portraits and contains portraits of both prominent and lesser-known Los Angelenos and Southern Californians from both the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection contains images created by a number of well-known California photographers.
photCL 400 volume 31