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Hannah Penney Green letters to John Witham Penney

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    Hannah Hough reminiscences

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    Typed four-page manuscript by Hannah Hough about her trip from New York to San Francisco. She talks about the troubles she had on her journey, her arrival in California and her family's difficult life there, and their return to Illinois.

    mssHM 84376

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    Wilde, Hannah Elizabeth. 2 letter (1864) to John W. Hall

    Manuscripts

    The Manuscripts series is arranged chronologically and consists of diaries kept by Julia M. Wilde Hall from 1855-1859. In the diaries, Hall talks about her day-to-day activities in Sacramento, Ca. It appears that she lived in a hotel called the Orleans Hotel. She talks about household chores, church, dinner parties, the weather, and her husband Andrew. This series also includes a family records notebook which traces the ancestors of Julia's family back to 1605 in England. The notebook includes newspaper clippings and obituaries relating to the deaths of Martha C. Hall, John W. Hall, and Andrew W. Hall. Lastly, there is a eulogy of Rev. John Wilde, the father of Julia, which is about 34 pages long.

    HM 71871-71872.

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    Hannah Milhous Nixon letter to Elisabeth F. Payne

    Manuscripts

    In this letter, Hannah Nixon describes Seattle and the backyard of her son (Edward) and daughter-in-law's (Gay Lynne Nixon) house. She mentions her grandchildren and notes that Gay is taking a teaching course and "Eddie" must log a certain amount of flight hours in addition to his teaching and lecturing.

    mssHM 30951

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    Green, Lucius Peyton, Sr. 2 letters (1862) to John R. Green and Elizabeth T. Nelson Green

    Manuscripts

    The semi-cataloged collection is alphabetically-arranged into Documents, Manuscripts, Correspondence, Photographs, and Ephemera. Documents include legal, contractual, and real property papers of the Green and Browning families as well as Lucius Peyton Green's Stanford law degree and petition to the Greek letter society, Delta Chi. Manuscripts include the diaries of Lionel Browning and the travel and art notebooks of Mildred Browning Green and Lucius Peyton Green. Also featured in this series are genealogical research manuscripts compiled by members of the Green, Browning, and Rust families, documenting the lives of their descendants and those of their distant relations. The third series of correspondence mostly contains letters to and from family members. Several letters of note include two Civil War-era letters written by Lucius Peyton Green, Sr. to his parents as well as a letter and gift from Arthur Gardiner Coons (1900-1968), former president of Occidental College, to Lucius Peyton Green and Mildred Browning Green. A series of photographs contains images of members of the Walker and Green Families and their estates in Surrey, England and Los Angeles, California, respectively. The final series of ephemera contains printed announcements, monographs, copies from monographs, address and birthday books, and the passports of Mildred Browning Green and Lucius Peyton Green.

    mssGreen family papers

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    Peramus Green Ames letter to Sarah Ann Ames

    Manuscripts

    In this letter to his wife, Peramus Green Ames regerts not being able to return home sooner. He promises to send money to keep her and their children comfortable, and promises to write twice a month. Dated December 12-28, 1852. Also included on the letter's final page is a note to Mrs. Ames from her sister, dated 1852, April 18.

    mssHM 16549

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    Green, John R. 1 letter (1844, Apr. 30) to Ann F. Green

    Manuscripts

    The semi-cataloged collection is alphabetically-arranged into Documents, Manuscripts, Correspondence, Photographs, and Ephemera. Documents include legal, contractual, and real property papers of the Green and Browning families as well as Lucius Peyton Green's Stanford law degree and petition to the Greek letter society, Delta Chi. Manuscripts include the diaries of Lionel Browning and the travel and art notebooks of Mildred Browning Green and Lucius Peyton Green. Also featured in this series are genealogical research manuscripts compiled by members of the Green, Browning, and Rust families, documenting the lives of their descendants and those of their distant relations. The third series of correspondence mostly contains letters to and from family members. Several letters of note include two Civil War-era letters written by Lucius Peyton Green, Sr. to his parents as well as a letter and gift from Arthur Gardiner Coons (1900-1968), former president of Occidental College, to Lucius Peyton Green and Mildred Browning Green. A series of photographs contains images of members of the Walker and Green Families and their estates in Surrey, England and Los Angeles, California, respectively. The final series of ephemera contains printed announcements, monographs, copies from monographs, address and birthday books, and the passports of Mildred Browning Green and Lucius Peyton Green.

    mssGreen family papers