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De epidemia et peste
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Carte de un amigo a otro de Sevilla sobre la epidemia
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Letter from unknown doctor from Cádiz to another doctor in Seville, dated 1800 August 26, regarding the plague. Following the letter in the volume are the following: correspondence with some clerics in Seville regarding burial in churches, 1801; representation to the King from the Count of Aranda, 1788; review of the murder case of Don Francisco del Castillo, 1798; copy of a botanical article regarding the Bohan Upa tree; cultivation of the peanut plant from the Americas; and some printed material.
mssHM 84290
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Pest House Rapid
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Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
mssMarston papers
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California. Office of the State Inspector of Fruit Pests to James De Barth Shorb
Manuscripts
The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
mssShorb papers