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Samuel D. Snowden letter to Alvin T. Smith
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Harvey Clarke letter to Alvin T. Smith
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This note is a request to Alvin T. Smith to pay Robert Tupper the sum of twenty-five dollars for shingles for Tualatin Academy. With note in the hand of Alvin T. Smith.
mssHM 16543
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Kin Saito letter to Alvin Thompson Smith
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In this letter, Kin Saito thanks Alvin Thompson Smith, Oregon pioneer and missionary, for helping a young Japanese boy who had just come west to Oregon. The letter is written from Forest Grove, Oregon.
mssHM 68196
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Joseph Gale letter to Alvin T. Smith
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Joseph Gale reports the bills have been made, and asks Smith to send onion seed. Gale also laments that California "is one of the most wretched places in the world" owing to rampant crime and a lack of law, and says that "if a man wishes justice he has to take the law into his own hands."
mssHM 16554
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Charles C. (Charles Coulson) Rich letter to Sarah D. Rich
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Letter from Charles Rich in Little Salt Lake City to his wife Sarah D. Rich in Great Salt Lake City, Deseret. Rich writes that he has been ill but is recovering, describes his supplies and food, and asks Sarah to pay the taxes at home. He writes that he will send her something when he gets to the mines, gives instructions on building a storehouse, and implores Sarah to "take special care of the children." He also includes notes to his children telling them to behave properly.
mssHM 72835
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Samuel Hopkins Willey letter to Miss Lord
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Letter from Samuel Hopkins Willey to a Miss Lord, sent from San Francisco. In the hastily written letter Willey writes that he has put up "articles of my soliciting" and that he has mislaid a prospectus and would like to be sent another copy. He also writes that "it is very hard for me in the press of care to do work for this school."
mssHM 73058
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Alpheus B. Thompson letters to Timothy Wolcott
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These three letters were written by Alpheus Thompson to Timothy Wolcott during 1856 and 1857. In HM 18997, written 1856, September 6, from Santa Barbara, Thompson thanks Wolcott for looking after his son, Francis. In HM 18998 (dated 1857, June 2), Thompson writes of the advantageous opportunities in San Francisco in the real estate market, and asks Wolcott to look after Francis "for a few months longer." He also includes business details regarding property and other assets. The final letter in this series was written in San José, California, on June 17, 1857 (HM 18999), and Thompson asks if Wolcott would take Francis under his charge, and to "provide him with suitable Clothing and Board."
mssHM 18997-18999