Manuscripts

Ernest Augustus Boyd letter to C. Gerhardt

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1917 May 29.
Call number: mssHM 13762
Creator: Boyd, Ernest A (1887-1946)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from A.A.A. Conant Sale, Lot #25, November 1923.
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James Thomas Boyd letter to "Gentlemen,"

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Boyd writes to the otherwise unidentified "Gentlemen" concerning his visit to Monterey to examine "the proceedings in the U.S. District Court in relation to the lands known by the name of Temescal Rituate in the County of San Bernardino." Attached to the letter is one page of additional notes about the Temescal region.

mssHM 27623

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George Boyd papers

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Collection contains correspondence and documents primarily relating to U.S. government agents and others working among the Native American tribes in the Michigan and Wisconsin Territories from 1818 to 1846. Individuals represented include John Tanner, Eleazer Williams, Henry B. Brevoort, Louis B. Porlier, and Zachary Taylor (pass for several individuals through "Indian country," Fort Howard, Green Bay, 1818 July 19, HM 15377). There is also trader Louis B. Porlier's account book from 1845 to 1846 documenting his activities in upper Wisconsin Territory (in French). Material for the most part does not mention specific Native American tribes or individuals. Early items in the collection also document George Boyd's tenure in Europe prior to his move to the Michigan Territory.

mssHM 15370-15387

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George Boyd papers

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mssHM 15370-15387

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Thomas Boyd logbook of the steamer Toledo

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mssHM 78041

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Greenville Boyd letter to F. Patton

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mssHM 20563

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Spoehr, H. A. (Herman Augustus), 1885-1954. Letter to Ernest Braunton

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The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are arranged by author. Most of the correspondence is composed of replies to Ernest Braunton's inquiries regarding various horticultural statistic and facts. Other letters, including those from Walter Raymond, are in regard to the operation and dissolution of the Southern California Horticultural Society. The 26 items in the ephemera section are arranged alphabetically by type. The majority of the ephemera are records and documents of the Southern California Horticultural Society. There is also a pamphlet on Point Lomos, California. Subjects in the collection include: history of agriculture in California; Horticulturalists of California; and history of horticulture in California.

mssBraunton papers

Ernest Augustus Boyd letter to C. Gerhardt

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