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As prescribed by law : a treatise on Folsom Prison
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Rules and regulations for the government of prisoners : adopted by the State Board of Prison Directors of the State of California
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George Folsom letter book
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Letter book of George Folsom kept from September 2, 1850 to October 20, 1853, while he was chargé d'affaires of the United States legation in the Netherlands. The letters, written to various American government officials, discuss the preparations for Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan (including the effort to obtain coastal maps of Japan and Walter Henry Medhurst's Japanese dictionary); the case of William A. Seely, a New York lawyer involved in recovering the Dutch crown jewels stolen in 1828; the effort to dislodge a gentleman who claimed to be the consul of the Republic of Texas; and diplomatic implications of the 1848 constitutional reform in the Netherlands.
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Joseph L. Folsom letter to David Rogers
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Folsom writes of an ongoing legal matter with some intentional vagueness, fearing that his letter may be intercepted.
mssHM 19070
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The Folsom-Cook exploration of the upper Yellowstone in the year 1869
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Joseph L. Folsom lease of San Francisco land
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This document details the lease agreement between Anna Sparks and See Soong Tong for a lot of land in San Francisco, California. Printed form, filled in and signed.
mssHM 19068
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Joseph L. Folsom leases of land in San Francisco
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This manuscript consists of four leases of land owned by Joseph Libbey Folsom in and around the city of San Francisco, California, dated between 1852-1854, and the details of each. Printed forms, filled in by hand.
mssHM 19071