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Edwin Francis Gay letters
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Edwin Francis Gay papers, (bulk 1920-1946)
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A collection of 9,601 items from 1786 to 1973, which consists of professional and personal material related to Edwin Francis Gay's life and multifaceted career. The collection documents his career in the civil service, at Harvard University, the New York Evening Post, and the Huntington Library; there are also some papers related to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Subjects include European economic recovery after World War I; international economic relations after World War II; United States business; and Gay's voluminous research notes on European and American economic history. Also included are Gay's notes on the Temple family papers in the Stowe collection at the Huntington Library and correspondence and papers relative to Herbert Heaton's book Scholar in action : Edwin Francis Gay (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952). The collection also includes business, family and personal correspondence, documents, genealogy, printed material, photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Also present is Woodrow Wilson telegram to Edwin Francis Gay, 1919 September 17 (GY 3292) in Box 124.
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Edwin F. Gay pocket diary with daily expenses
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A pocket-size diary listing appointments and daily expenses for 1933; with a London address written on the inside of the front cover.
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Samuel F. Gay letters to Jabez Gay
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Two letters written by Samuel F. Gay, a member of the 7th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry, to his father Jabez Gay during the American Civil War. The letters are dated 1863 March 1, and 1864 April 28, and written from camps near Falmouth and Brandy Station, Virginia, respectively.
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Edwin Littlefield letter to Alvah Littlefield
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Edwin Littlefield writes that he has arrived safely in San Francisco. He has received the cargo, and thinks it will be suitable for the current market, despite his opinion that "the majority of people here have left their honor & principles at home."
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Edwin F. Littlefield letter to Alvah Littlefield
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Littlefield writes of various business and cargo details, and reports there has been "considerable cholera" San Francisco.
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Edwin F. Littlefield letter to Alvah Littlefield
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Edwin reports that he traveled to Sacramento and sold some of the herbs sent by Alvah. He hopes to sell the rest soon, though he describes business in general as dull. The rest of the letter is concerned with shipments of various goods.
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