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The twilight years of Lady Osler : letters of a doctor's wife
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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
This letter from Lady Grace Revere Osler, wife of Dr. William Osler, to Dr. Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac, who was a student of Dr. Osler, describes receiving a copy of Camac's "Counsels and Ideals from the Writings of William Osler" as well as Osler's recent travels and purchase of a house in Oxford. On letterhead "7 Norham Gardens, Oxford."
mssHM 84492
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Manuscripts
In this 3-page letter, Hummel describes his overland journey to California from Illnois. He talks about arriving in Fort Laramie and describes in detail the bad weather he encountered, the deaths of mules, cattle and horses along the way, and the physical landscape of the desert and the Sierra Nevadas. He also talks about his life in Sacramento, the gold he has found at Sutter's Mill and the difficulty of gold mining. Hummel gives prices for items and suggests that his wife and children come to California to be with him and states that they "could get rich in 2 years time." The letters is on letterhead from "J. M. Hummel Wholesale and Retail" in Sandwich, Illinois.
mssHM 70759