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Lucretia Mayhew letter to Charles R. Mayhew

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Description: In this letter to her brother Charles, Lucretia Mayhew describes local goings-on in Santa Clara. On page 4 is printed advertisement for the Female Collegiate Institute in Santa Clara, California. With front of envelope that has been repaired.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1864, February 28.
Call number: mssHM 15210
Creator: Mayhew, Lucretia(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. R. Miesse, 1934, February 23.
Dimensions: 21 cm :

Charles Owens and R. Braddock letter to W. Parker Lyon

Manuscripts

Letter from Charles Owens and R. Braddock to W. Parker Lyon discussing a donation to the Pony Express Museum. The donation was evidence of a denouncement or mining claim of Ignacio Soto and James W. Wakes in Santa Clara County. The claim resulted in some quicksilver production. Includes a translation of the denouncement.

mssHM 70168

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John Burroughs letter to John W. Childs

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In this letter, written while Burroughs was on the S. S. Mongolia, he discusses his recent trip to California where he visited Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, and Yosemite, where he was given a tour by John Muir. The letter is signed "John Burroughs," but text is in the hand of Dr. Clara Barrus; the envelope is postmarked Honolulu, Hawaii, May 11, 1909. The letter is addressed to John W. Childs of Floral Park, Long Island, New York.

mssHM 82577

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Charles Rowe diaries

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Three diaries kept by Charles Rowe when he was living and working in California, Nevada, and Missouri from 1852-1864. The first diary covers 1852-1853 and begins when Rowe had just arrived in San Francisco from New York. It primarily recalls his experiences at Mission San Jose, where he worked as a farmer for $60 a month. He also describes some events at the Mission, such as a "bullfight ...at which two Indians were killed" (May 2, 1852). The second diary, dated 1854-1855, continues with Rowe's work at Mission San Jose, as well as his farm work on Captain Beard's Ranch and the E.M. Knowles Ranch (both apparently near Santa Clara, California), and his mining at Dutch Flat, California, and in Nevada. The final diary, dated 1861-1864, was kept while he was living near Springfield and Sharon, Missouri, during the Civil War. Rowe writes about troops coming to town, but most of the entries focus on his daily activities. The diary was kept from 1861-1862, but also includes account notes from 1864.

mssHM 50575-50577

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R. B. Hall letter to Isaac T. Goodnow

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Hall writes of experiences in the California mines and of details of daily business and social life, including events brought on by the Civil War. Includes photocopy of the front of the envelope, but the original envelope is not present.

mssHM 16732

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Walter William Palmer letter to Charles Gerard Havens

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An autograph letter from W.W. Palmer to C. G. Havens, which describes Palmer's journey on horseback from Matamoros to Vallecillo, Nueva Leon, Mexico. He traveled to the Jesus Maria Mine, a silver mining property located in an isolated part of Mexico; Palmer describes the countryside through which he passed and commented on fears that travelers and settlers had of "Robbers," Indians, and "a thirsty wilderness." The letter bears no Mexican postal markings indicating it was privately carried to Brownsville, Texas, where it received a circular Brownsville postmark.

mssHM 84110

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Charles P. Steinmetz letters

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Letter by Steinmetz to J. S. Van Bylevelt regarding graduate engineering education in Germany and the United States (1909, October 26). With envelope. Written on General Electric Company letterhead. HM 79881.

mssHM 79881-79883

Lucretia Mayhew letter to Charles R. Mayhew

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