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Typescript copies of Hamilton Fish diaries 1870 to 1876 created by historian Allan Nevins from originals in the Library of Congress. Also present are Allan Nevins research notes and printed ephemera and clippings, 1871-1878 (box 3).
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Writing to California judge Ogden Hoffman, Deady agrees with Hoffman's "case (salvage)" and remarks on the President's veto of the "pauper pension bill."
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In these letters, written to Dr. Guy Rowland Phelps, founder of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hoffman sends insurance applications "of young adventurers to California, young men of good habits, good constitution and after their fortunes. The insurance is for the benefit of relatives and Brothers who have assisted or in whole furnished the outfit." (1849, December 21 - HM 82384). He later sends deposits for policies of Benjamin C. Griswold and William W. Ware, en route to California, "via Cincinnati to New Orleans, thence to Chagres and Panama. In returning probably by the same route..." (1850, January 18 - HM 82385).
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Herbert introduces his friend and colleague Adam Cridland, who is traveling to California with the hopes of establishing himself among the medical profession there. Should Hoffman find a suitable assignment for Cridland, Herbert would "esteem a great personal favor."
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Astor writes of the removal of John Charles Frémont from his post in the California. He also tells Hoffman: "Since we parted on the steamboat dock a year ago last July, what strange times have come upon us, it sometimes seems to me like a dream," and gives updates on friends and family.
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Sherman informs Hoffman of the imminent arrival to San Francisco of the actress Madame Adelaide Ristori, her husband the Marquis del Grillo, and their daughter Bianca Capranica del Grillo. He also writes of his trip to Italy to visit them at the Palace Ristori.
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