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A. W. Von Schmidt letter to Julius Von Schmidt

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Description: In this letter to his brother, A. W. Von Schmidt writes of business matters, and hopes that Julius and his wife will come soon to visit. He also writes that a woman named Fanny, who is apparently a mutual acquaintance, has turned "Unitarian."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1859, December 19.
Call number: mssHM 16517
Creator: Von Schmidt, A. W (1821-1906)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Argonaut Book Shop, 1946, December 31.
Dimensions: 25 cm :

Jonathan Heywood letters to Jane Heywood

Manuscripts

In these three letters addressed to his wife, Jane, Jonathan Heywood writes of his experiences in Yreka, California in 1853. HM 4201, dated July 16, Heywood writes that he has returned to California after six weeks in Oregon. He has sent gold dust home to Jane, and hopes to send more soon. He wishes that she send the children to school as much as possible. HM 4202 was written on August 7. Heywood sends more money and asks for news of home, as he has received no response to his letters. In HM 4203, dated September 4, Heywood writes that he is sending money home in the hands of a mutual friend.

mssHM 4201-4203

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Mary Jane Brooks letter to Fanny Davis

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In this letter to her sister Fanny Davis, Mary Jane Brooks writes that as she is now sixty years of age, she is unable to work as in her youth. She asks for back payment on rent for Fanny's house, where she lived for twenty-five years without payment, or suggests Fanny buy the property outright. She also writes of details of mutual friends in San Francisco.

mssHM 19795

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James Bushnell letters to Ananias Pond

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HM 19385 is dated January 5, 1852, written from Keeseville, New York, and is addressed to "Dear Brother or Son." Bushnell writes that he has heard from Pond's daughter, Fannie, and that Pond seems to want his family to move out to California with him. Bushnell is sorry to hear of Pond's "misfortune" but is sure he will get by it, and writes of relatives and mutual friends. Bushnell has a shop and house at a prison, and hopes to build a forge there as well. He writes "if the Boys take a notion to go to California I would go with them." HM 19386 is written from Browning, Illinois, and dated May 20, 1855. It is addressed to Ananias Pond and Fanny M. Pond, and Bushnell begins the letter "Dear Children." In addition to more details concerning family and friends, Bushnell lists the types of timber on his lot of land, as well as financial details of goods.

mssHM 19385-19386

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George Horatio Derby letter to Martha Hitchcock

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In this letter to Mrs. Hitchcock, Derby apologizes for being unable to keep his promise to write sooner, owing to ill health. He writes of mutual acquaintances, and reports that his latest book will soon be published. Includes envelope.

mssHM 19338

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Zachariah Heywood letter to Jonathan Heywood

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In this letter to his brother Jonathan, Zachariah Heywood reports from Scott Valley, California, that "there is little to write about except the hard times and the great floods that have swept through this part of the country." He also writes of "a great excitement about the new Salmon river mines of the North" and how many "are leaving for this new Eldorado." Zachariah himself will soon be departing, as soon as he has sufficient feed for his animals. He hopes to send Jonathan's son a gold dollar, and reports that when he broke his leg the previous October, he set it himself, and that "it is still a little crooked but is improving."

mssHM 23251

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Philip Deidesheimer letter to Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro

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Letter from Philip Deidesheimer in Virginia City, Nevada, to Adolph Sutro. Deidesheimer writes of his desire to see Sutro and asks him to come back to Virginia City as soon as he can. He also writes of the mines in Nevada, including that "there is mutiny near" at the Ophir Mine. He also writes that he hopes to be made one of the Sutro Tunnel Commissioners, of his invention of the timbering system, that he "never dreamed" of patenting the system "until of late," and asks Sutro to inquire into patenting the design for him, noting that "if I could yet get a patent it would bring me an income of at least one million...dollars a year."

mssHM 29230

A. W. Von Schmidt letter to Julius Von Schmidt

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