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Benjamin J. Edson letter to Josiah [Edson]

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Description: Letter from Benjamin J. Edson in Genoa, Nevada, to Josiah (probably his brother Josiah Edson) regarding mining claims in Nevada. Edson writes of a letter he sent to Robert Moir, and of Josiah asks that "I would like to hear from you...as to prospects, even although a longer delay might be necessary to perfect any project that might be thought of."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1879, April 22.
Call number: mssHM 16527
Creator: Edson, Benjamin J(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from M.H. Briggs, May 10, 1948.
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Benjamin J. Edson letters to Robert Moir

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In these four letters to Robert Moir, Benjamin J. Edson writes of the business of mining in Nevada. Three of the letters (HM 16523-16525) are dated 1865; April 16, May 9, and October 31 respectively, while HM 16526 was writted 1879, March 28. Much of the content of the letters concern mining claims and their pending sales, with procedures outlined in detail. It appears that Mr. Moir is a potential investor in said claims, and Edson is acting as local agent, arranging and reporting on the ongoing business. By late 1865, they have procured a mill and have begun operations. In the final letter, Edson asks Moir for employment, as he apparently left their mutual business dealings fifteen years prior.

mssHM 16523-16526

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Judah P. Benjamin letter to John Sherman

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In this letter to the head of the House Ways and Means Committee, Judah Benjamin copies a letter from Sylvester Mowry, a member of the boundary commission in charge of surveying the California-Nevada boundary. Noting the "great value" of the Washoe and that the "people of the Washoe are very anxious to have the work done." Mowry asks that the funding for the survey be increased from $55,000 to 100,000.

mssHM 82445

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James Hervey Simpson letter to Josiah Simpson

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An autograph, signed letter from James Hervey Simpson to his brother Dr. Josiah Simpson, with envelope. The letter was written three weeks before the 1864 election and Simpson is responding to his brother's concern that it is "injudicious" for him to become involved in presidential politics. Simpson had contributed a long letter to the anti-McClellan pamphlet "Gen'l McClellan's Record. His Sympathy with the South," (1864) a publication attributed to Edgar Conkling. The letter is accompanied by two items which quote Simpson's views on McClellan: a copy of this 1864 pamphlet, with edits by Simpson, and a newspaper clipping from the "Cincinnati Daily Times" with Simpson's letter to the editor (November 12, 1864).

mssHM 84054

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Kimball Hale Dimmick letter to Sarah Dimmick

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In this letter to his wife Sarah, Kimball Dimmick is distraught at not getting any word from her. He is poised to quit his California business "at a sacrifice" and return home, for he is quite vexed, thinking that something might be wrong at home. He closes: "I have been in good health but not in good spirits, and do not expect to be until I hear from you." He also mentions he has been chosen to be president of the convention, the only position he is retaining as he prepares to return home. Dated 1849, August 31 and September 1.

mssHM 4013

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Zoeth Skinner Eldredge letter to Professor Josiah Royce

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The letter is an inquiry as to whether or not Professor Royce ever received the complementary copy of The Beginnings of San Francisco that he sent in May of 1913. Letter is accompanied by cancelled cover addressed to Prof. Josiah Royce, Harvard College, with a San Francsico postmark of Sep 14, 1914 at 6:30 PM.

mssHM 4007

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Grieve, William, 1800-1844. 1 letter to J. R. (James Robinson) Planché, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([before 1844])

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Cataloger's Note: this letter might be signed by Thomas Grieve, 1799-1882, rather than William.

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Benjamin J. Edson letter to Josiah [Edson]

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