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Ace of Diamonds : the story of Solomon Barnato Joel
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Rare Books
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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
Two letters written to Joel Robert Chappell shortly before his death. The first, dated January 24, 1876, was written by H.L. Binford, a Los Angeles real estate broker who had also lived in Jackson, Tennessee. Binford writes of the restoration of his own health after moving to California, the temperance of the climate, and the successes of local farmers and business professionals. The second letter was written by H. Stephens in Los Angeles and dated February 19, 1876, the day after Chappell's death. In the letter Stephens writes of the availability of timber ("taken as a whole the country is not well wooded"), housing conditions, the cost of land, and sea passage to San Francisco. He also advises Chappell to buy a small amount of land and to save enough money to live on for a year.
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