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A Memorial of John Leverett Thompson of Chicago, Ill

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    Letter to John Dustin Bicknell. Chicago, Ill

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists primarily of correspondence related to the professional activities of John Dustin Bicknell, who was a partner in several Los Angeles law firms. In addition, the collection also includes 51 bound volumes (19 letter books, account books, journals, etc.), six rolled documents and maps, and two photographs.

    mssBicknell papers

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    Kerr, John B. To Colton, John Burt. Chicago, Ill

    Manuscripts

    The collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley, and their annual reunions held between 1872 to 1918. It also contains diaries by Asa Haines and Sheldon Young of the Jayhawkers' route and a map of Death Valley by William Lewis Manly, approximately 1889. The collection was assembled by John B. Colton (1831-1919), a member of the Jayhawker party. Participants in the collection include: John Wells Brier, Reverend James Brier, William Frederick Dody, Jessie Benton Fremont, John Groscup, Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, Charles Fletcher Lummis, William Lewis Manley, Charles B. Mecum, and Lorenzo Dow Stephens. The collection also includes items related to Mary Hunter Austin, Frederic Remington, and Theodore Roosevelt.

    JA 556

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    Bradbury, John L. Letter to John Dustin Bicknell. Chicago, Ill

    Manuscripts

    Typewritten.

    mssBicknell papers

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    Bradbury, John L. Letter to John Dustin Bicknell. Chicago, Ill

    Manuscripts

    Typewritten.

    mssBicknell papers

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    Bradbury, John L. Letter to John Dustin Bicknell. Chicago, Ill

    Manuscripts

    Typewritten.

    mssBicknell papers

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    Bradbury, John L. Letter to John Dustin Bicknell. Chicago, Ill

    Manuscripts

    Typewritten.

    mssBicknell papers