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James T. Stratton letter to Isaac T. Goodnow

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Description: Stratton relates personal details, including the health of his family and how finely trimmed his home shrubbery is: "I take a good deal of personal pride in them as they have all been cultivated at my own expense and with my own hands." He also writes of local political matters. The letter is incomplete, with only the first two pages being present.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1865, December 25.
Call number: mssHM 16733
Creator: Stratton, James T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Sarah Hougham, 1946, February 23.
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James Stratton letter to Isaac Goodnow

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Letter from San Francisco school principal James Stratton to the abolitionist and Kansas educator Isaac Goodnow, written during Fourth of July festivities in 1865. Stratton writes of the excitement of the holiday, and that the "colored people were out in force and were loudly cheered, and seemed to feel a new era had dawned upon their long oppressed race." Stratton also notes the strong support for Abraham Lincoln (whom he calls "Uncle Abe"), although the "Irish Copper-heads and poor miserable foreigners" refused to celebrate. He also writes of the inadequacies of the San Francisco post office, the illness of his wife, and his fondness for Washington School and positive outlooks for education in San Francisco. Includes envelope.

mssHM 74127

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Henry T. Huggins letter to Mrs. Henry T. Huggins

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In his letter to his wife, Huggins describes an excursion in Iowa Territory he and some companions take to accompany the Fox and Sauk Indians on a buffalo hunt. He also discusses the town of Burlington, Iowa, and his legal dealings there.

mssHM 60699

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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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Major General James Paterson orders to Adjutant General Roger Johnson

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Orders issued by Paterson to Adjutant General Roger Johnson at Halifax, N.S. directing him to order "His Majesty Armed Brig Arrogant to proceed to Fort Howe" to take "the provisions necessary for supplying the Garrisons of Fort Edward and Fort Cumberland."

mssHM 69941

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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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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

James T. Stratton letter to Isaac T. Goodnow

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