Manuscripts

Lewis Augustus Groff letters

Description: The collection consists of letters between various family members of Los Angeles attorney Lewis Augustus Groff. Most of the letters are by Lewis A. Groff and his wife, Mary, to their son, Gregory Groff, who was stricken with typhoid fever in Omaha. The letters describe family news and discuss Gregory's illness, and there is also some description of Santa Catalina Island, California.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1896-1905
Call number: mssGroff
Creator: Groff, Lewis Augustus (1841-1928)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1977.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Groff, Gregory.; Groff, Mary Ellen Gregory.
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Lewis Augustus Groff letters

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters between various family members of Los Angeles attorney Lewis Augustus Groff. Most of the letters are by Lewis A. Groff and his wife, Mary, to their son, Gregory Groff, who was stricken with typhoid fever in Omaha. The letters describe family news and discuss Gregory's illness, and there is also some description of Santa Catalina Island, California.

mssGroff

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Lewis Charles Levin letters to William David Lewis

Manuscripts

A collection of 89 items from 1849 to 1850; it consists of Lewis Charles Levin's letters to William David Lewis, chiefly dealing with the campaign led by Levin and his party to secure an appointment for Lewis as collector of the Port of Philadelphia. The letters detail the workings of political patronage in Washington, D.C. in the 19th century.

mssHM 14062-14150

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Edgar Lewis letters to Mrs. W. B. Lewis

Manuscripts

A group of six autograph letters, with envelopes, written by Edgar Lewis to his mother in Mystic Bridge, Connecticut. The letters provide a first-hand account of post-Civil War military life in the Western Frontier during the late 1860s. Lewis chronicles some of his activities while stationed at Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas river, Fort Arbuckle in the Cherokee portion of Indian Territory, and Wewoka in the Seminole region of the Territory. He describes episodes of his life on army posts including his particular passion for hunting, refers to encounters with various Native Americans and to various military duties he had to perform; Lewis also comments on life in the Indian Territory, including episodes of crime and violence. The letters and envelopes are in good condition, though one letter appears to be burned along the bottom edge, there is no loss of text.

mssLewise

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Edgar Lewis letters

Manuscripts

mssLewise

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Janet Lewis letters to Hallett Smith

Manuscripts

Two autograph letters written by Janet Lewis to Hallett Smith, a Huntington Library Senior Researcher. The first letter (January 12, HM 83570), confirms a date for Lewis to read her poems at the Library; the second letter (February 12, HM 83571), thanks Smith for a tour of the Library and presents a copy of her book of poems: The Ancient Ones. Both letters were originally laid into this book when it was presented to the Library.

mssHM 83570-83571

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Francis West Lewis letters to James Lorimer Graham

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This is a group of eighteen letters by Dr. Francis West Lewis to James Lorimer Graham, of New York, mainly describing the "getting up" of a microscope for Graham by Lewis. One of the letters is in the form of an illustrated poem and another letter has illustrations (hand-drawn sketches by Lewis). The letters also deal with Dr. Lewis' personal life, his activities, and local gossip. Six of the letters are undated. Seventeen of the letters were written from Philadelphia (one was written from Bellows Falls, Vermont).

mssHM 81250-81267

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