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Jacob the plain man wrestling with God until the break of the day, : and prevailing in the light thereof, for perfect victory and dominign [sic] over Esau the rough & cunning man, and over all that would hinder him from going up to Bethel, the House of God, to sacrifice unto him in the place where he first appear'd unto him. Whereby all may see, how I was sent after long wrestling with, and seeking the Lord, brought off from professing and preaching that for Gospel which made not free from sin in this life, that I might come to know the light and life of Jesus manifest in me for the destroying the works of the devil, and giving power to supplant & overcome all that would hinder from going up to the mountain of the Lord's house to worship and serve him in the life and purity of his own spirit, which is blessed for evermore; whose outward name is Laurence Steel
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Includes one letter to Mexican official containing a brief but important letter from J. Small [but not certain it's him from scrawled signature] re: why the line is going belly-up
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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