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Manuscripts
John William Mackay letter to George Wallace
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
George Mackay Brown is recognized as one of Scotland's great 20th-century lyric poets. His work is integral to the flowering of Scottish literature during the last fifty years. Admired by many fellow poets, including Seamus Heaney and Douglas Dunn, his poems are deeply individual and unmistakable in their setting: 'the small green world' of the Orkney Islands where he lived for most of his life, with its elemental forces of sea and sky and Norse and Icelandic ancestry, is brought to life. Here, his poetry is collected in one volume, making available again many poems that are otherwise out of print.
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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."
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Currey expresses his gratitude for what he learned while in Nelson's service, and praises the virtues of California. He also inquires about the possibility of his being promoted to the office of District Judge.
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Williams relates that "we are all in a state of excitement here, as everything depends on Grant's success." He also writes of a recent bill that is to rearrange the judicial districts of California, and of the effort to repeal the Act of 1860, which would transfer survey cases to the Land offices.
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McAdoo inquires if McLean received his letter about Geoffrey McCarty, and writes "I am anxious about that matter as it is important. When are you coming in?"
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Wood inquires about his "conduct and bearing toward civil officers" in a case recently presided over by Hoffman in a U.S. District Court case in San Francisco. The case appears to be concerned with a potential breach of international neutrality laws.
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