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Contemporary art in Europe /by S. G. W. Benjamin
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Hager thanks Austin for his recent election as an honorary member to the North Western Literary & Historical Society.
mssHM 21334
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Manuscripts
In this letter, Buckmore talks a lot about the climate of California, his business, gold mining, crime in San Francisco, the deaths of some of his friends, and the lumber trade in California and Oregon. He also advises his friend to urge people to not come to California unless they have the means to survive.
mssHM 75095
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37695
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Manuscripts
Small group of letters, chiefly from Benjamin W. Topping to his sister and mother while he was away during the American Civil War from 1862 to 1864. In these letters, Topping mentions his experience in Army camps, rebel prisoners and deserters, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and African American troops. Several of his letters are written from St. Aloysius General Hospital in Washington, D.C. The rest of the material contains various letters by other family members and friends. There are also photographs of Topping.
mssTopping
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The collection consists of correspondence and documents related to the legal and business affairs of O. S. Dawson, the Sonora Consolidated Mining Company and the Hidden Treasure Consolidated Mining Company in Bodie Mining District, California, and the Ramsey-Ottawa Mining Company in Nevada. It includes receipts, plats, reports, notices of mining locations, surveys, and financial accounts. The letters, written by Dawson and various business partners and mine managers, discuss details about the management of mines, possible lawsuits, outstanding debts, and possible mine purchases in California and Nevada; there is one item regarding mining in Utah. The collection contains 78 pieces of ephemera, including three cartes-de-visite of O. S. Dawson.
HM 65736