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Joseph Gale letter to Alvin T. Smith

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Description: 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."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1850, January 3.
Call number: mssHM 16554
Creator: Gale, Joseph (1807-1881)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Fred Lockley, 1850, January 3.
Dimensions: 25 cm :

Leonard Gale letter to C. F. Wood

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In his short letter to C. F. Wood, Gale states: "Knowing that you feel interested in the correspondence about the telegraph, I send to you for perusal...the enclosed pamphlet which I received last week." The "pamphlet" is a reprint of an article entitled "History Getting Right on the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph." This article implies that the true inventor of the telegraph was Professor Joseph Henry and that Samuel Morse, Gale, and Alfred Vail are getting improper credit. Gale writes in his letter "Of course, I shall not reply to such a low attack."

mssHM 75972

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Samuel D. Snowden letter to Alvin T. Smith

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In this letter, Snowden asks Alvin Smith to please take care of certain affairs for him in Oregon, chiefly concerning land claims, while Snowden is in California. He also writes of how Oregon men are faring in the quest for gold around Sutter's Fort.

mssHM 16377

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Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to Oliver Granger

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Letter from Joseph Smith to Oliver Granger written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith writes of not receiving Granger's previous letters and that their content may have changed the "proceeding of [the] last Conference." He writes that they thought it "advisable to appoint someone to preside in Kirtland," and asks Granger to join Brother Babbit in the work. Smith asserts his hopes for Granger's welfare and "prosperity for the Saints in Kirtland." He also writes of Granger's securing of the "keys of the Lords House" and that he might pay a visit after the "New York debt is settled." The attribution of the signature to Joseph Smith is questionable, and the letter may have been written by Smith's secretary Robert B. Thompson.

mssHM 28168

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Alvin T. Smith letter to the Trustees of Tualatin Academy

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Letter from the parents of pupils at Tualatin Academy demanding the removal of Rev. A.N. Williams and those "over which he has control." The letter states that if Rev. Williams is not removed the parents would see about "getting up another school" or sending their children away from home.

mssHM 74645

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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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W.R. Isaacs MacKay letter to Joseph Libbey Folsom

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MacKay hopes that Folsom's health is improving, and writes to Folsom that "Congress could not fail to exonerate you from all accountability" and that "one thing is certain, you have not been dealt fairly with." He hopes that Folsom's "business troubles are finally closed." He laments the choice of John Bigler for governor of California, saying "I could hardly suppose that California could have sunk so low."

mssHM 19075

Joseph Gale letter to Alvin T. Smith

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