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Nicaragua canal : address delivered by Hon. John F. Miller ... before the Chamber of commerce, Board of trade, and Manufacturers' association, of San Francisco, June 17, 1885
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The Nicaragua Canal : the gateway to the Atlantic ... May 19th, 1892 at the annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco
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Correspondence: Los Angeles (Calif.). Board of Trade-Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
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John Franklin Miller letter to Wayne McVeagh
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Letter from John Franklin Miller to Wayne McVeagh, written on United States Senate Chamber letterhead. The letter originally accompanied documents relating to the appointment of Ralph Ellis as U.S. Marshal of California.
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