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Slovenly Peter, or, Pleasant stories and funny pictures : translated from the German

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    The English Struwwelpeter, or, Pretty stories and funny pictures

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    Classic tales in verse about naughty boys and girls and the fates that befall them when they misbehave

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  • Prang's Outline Pictures with Directions for Coloring

    Prang's Outline Pictures with Directions for Coloring

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    One folder of images for painting entitled Prang's Outline Pictures with Directions for Coloring, Series 1, Children, published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, 1888. Within the folder are 9 outline images for coloring; each is titled with the subject, generally characters from fairy tales. Printed in the lower left-hand corner of each leaf is "Copyright 1888 by L. Prang Co. Boston." Also within the folder are three printed sheets: one contains coloring instructions, one is an informational piece about the set, and the third is a manufacturer's advertisement for Prang's Christmas Cards.

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    Peter Frederick Hummel letter to "Dear Wife & Children,"

    Manuscripts

    In this 3-page letter, Hummel describes his overland journey to California from Illnois. He talks about arriving in Fort Laramie and describes in detail the bad weather he encountered, the deaths of mules, cattle and horses along the way, and the physical landscape of the desert and the Sierra Nevadas. He also talks about his life in Sacramento, the gold he has found at Sutter's Mill and the difficulty of gold mining. Hummel gives prices for items and suggests that his wife and children come to California to be with him and states that they "could get rich in 2 years time." The letters is on letterhead from "J. M. Hummel Wholesale and Retail" in Sandwich, Illinois.

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  • Telegram from Peter SooHoo to Frank F. Merriam

    Telegram from Peter SooHoo to Frank F. Merriam

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    Telegram from Peter SooHoo, Secretary of the Los Angeles Chinatown, to Governor Frank Marriam informing him that they have reorganized the opening celebration to earlier in the day so he can attend. Telegram stresses the number of Chinese-American that will present at the opening. They ask him to reconsider and come.

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  • Letter from Joe Shoong to Peter SooHoo

    Letter from Joe Shoong to Peter SooHoo

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    Letter from Joe Shoong to Peter SooHoo, informing SooHoo that he, Shoong, had lunch with Frank McLaughlin, Head of the Work Projects Administration in California, and filled him in on the New Chinatown project. Shoong suggests that when Mclaughlin is in Los Angeles that SooHoo and Adrian Wilson meet with him. There may be WPA funds available.

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  • A tear dropt from the hearse of the Reverend Dr. Benjamin Calamy  late minister of St. Lawrence Jury London, who departed this life on Sunday the 3d of January, 1685/6

    A tear dropt from the hearse of the Reverend Dr. Benjamin Calamy late minister of St. Lawrence Jury London, who departed this life on Sunday the 3d of January, 1685/6

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    ESTC R2347 ; Imprint date is given according to Lady Day dating ; Within mourning border ; Verse - "As when some tempest rages in the air,"

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