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The life of William Hutton : and the history of the Hutton family

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    William Rich Hutton Papers

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains 96 drawings, 14 original letters, and 39 facsimiles of letters and manuscripts. The illustrative material includes both watercolor and pencil drawings of California (including Los Angeles, Monterey, San Francisco, the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, and the California Missions), Baja California, Mexico, and Peru. The ones in color are noted below in the container list. One of the drawings is a facsimile (FAC 1010). The majority of letters by William Rich Hutton are written to his uncle William Rich and his mother Salome Rich Hutton. There is also some correspondence between William Rich Hutton and his brother James D. Hutton. There are also letters by author María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (these letters are in Spanish), California Governor Persifor Frazer Smith, and Henry Wager Halleck. Some subjects of the correspondence include: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Benjamin Davis Wilson, Edward Otho Cresap Ord, William Goodwin Dana and his Nipomo Ranch (Dana Adobe), the New Almaden Mine, geologist Louis Agassiz, Henry H. Burton, Jessie Benton Frémont, and the Civil War in Washington DC and Baltimore. There are several facsimiles of manuscripts by William Rich Hutton, mostly anecdotes about his time in California. Note: FAC 1010 is physically located after drawing #32.

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    A journey from Birmingham to London, by W. Hutton

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    237036

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    Hutton, Wm. R. (William Rich), 1826-1901. 1 letter (1850, Mar. 30) to Salome Rich Hutton

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains 96 drawings, 14 original letters, and 39 facsimiles of letters and manuscripts.

    HM 43225

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    Hutton, James D. 1 letter (1861, Apr. 19) to Wm. R. (William Rich) Hutton, 1826-1901

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains 96 drawings, 14 original letters, and 39 facsimiles of letters and manuscripts.

    HM 43221

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    Hutton, James D. 1 letter (1861, Apr. 25) to Wm. R. (William Rich) Hutton, 1826-1901

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains 96 drawings, 14 original letters, and 39 facsimiles of letters and manuscripts.

    HM 43224