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George P. Becker letter to William S. Becker

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Description: In this letter to his brother William, George Becker gives a description of San Francisco and of his experiences since arriving. Of the city, he writes, "I do not like the place; never did, in preference to any other, and hope one of these days to be able to leave it." He calls California a place of "madness", saying that "it seems there are more cases of lunacy in this state than any two large states of the atlantic seaboard."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1860, August 5.
Call number: mssHM 16391
Creator: Becker, George P(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from W. Benjamin, 1946, February 23.

David P. McCafferty letter to Alexander Pogo, 1893-

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In this letter dated August 14, 1966, Florida Bible College student, David P. McCafferty asks Alexander Pogo about a verse in Job 26: 7. He inquires, "I would like to know if there has ever been any place in the north as being empty. Some secular College students will say "where is north"? It seems they just want to argue with everything a Bible College student has to say."

mssHM 83615

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George C. Perkins letter to Charles S. Randall

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Perkins responds to Randall's prior inquiry on the land of San Joaquin County and the Hutch-Armstrong Company. He states that "some of the soil is equal in value to that in any part of California and some of it is not worth $1 an acre, but generally speaking it is one of the best counties in the State," and that the county is home to the town of Stockton, "the fourth largest city in the State." He describes the Hutch-Armstrong company as owning a number of fruit ranches in California. On letterhead of the United States Senate.

mssHM 27953

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George C. Perkins letter to William Logue

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Perkins is ready to accept Logue's proposal "without any more talk" and hopes he "will be more prosperous in the years to come" for his "perseverance deserves to be rewarded." All Logue must do is pay the $500 principal, which Perkins advises him to do.

mssHM 27992

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Edward S. Swan letter to Fanny P. Clark

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In this letter to his cousin, Edward Swan describes his journey to San Francisco. He endured "a very unpleasant passage" and was "detained in Panama for 12 days waiting for a steamer." Once he finally arrives in San Francisco, he finds it "a much nicer place here than expected."

mssHM 19296

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George Cooper Pardee letter to "Miss Bovyer,"

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Letter sent by George Cooper Pardee while he was attending medical school in Leipzig, Germany, in 1882. Pardee writes of various friends from U.C. Berkeley, who he calls the "'79ers." He relates news of their various jobs, political positions, and experiences in Alaska, the Carolinas, Colombia, and elsewhere. Although he mentions most of his friends by last name only, there are references to John Hoffman Wheeler, Joe Scotchler, Morse, Kelsey, Cougdon, Rothchild, Dorn, Campbell , and Clowes, among others. Included with the letter is an autograph card by Pardee.

mssHM 27916

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Allan M. Pope letter to George S. Patton

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Letter was originally assigned at date of [July?] 1915 supposing that this was written just before Patton's reassignment to the 15th Cavalry before he requested a reassignment to the 8th Cavalry. It was actually written in June or July of 1909 just after graduation from the U.S. Military Academy and before Patton's first assignment to the 15th Cavalry as a Second Lieutenant. In the letter signed "Allan M. Pope, 2"Lt., 2" Cav.," 2LT Pope writes that he sees that Patton has been assigned to the 15th Cavalry and for personal reasons wants to be join the same regiment. He asks if Patton would like to instead transfer to the 2nd Cavalry that is due to deploy to the Philippine Islands in December. He describes the 2nd Cavalry as having a better bunch of youngsters than in any regiment. He writes that he hates to leave, but he must get into the 15th Cavalry. Pope says he can arrange a transfer and that it will not affect his military career at all. Allan M. Pope was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1911 and the 2nd Cavalry was in the Philippines in early 1910.

mssHM 48790

George P. Becker letter to William S. Becker

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David P. McCafferty letter to Alexander Pogo, 1893-

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