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Reverdy Johnson letter to Ogden Hoffman
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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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Manuscripts
Letter written by Reverdy Johnson to General James W. Denver and sent from San Francisco. Johnson writes that he will not be able to attend a meeting for the "friends of Judge Douglas" due to previous engagements. He mentions that he recently gave a speech supporting Douglas in Boston and had distributed related pamphlets. He also notes that he was having the speech copied in several California newspapers. Includes envelope and typed transcription of the letter.
mssHM 79958
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Johnson informs Williams that the pending Congressional bill "to abolish the present judicial districts of the United States in California" has not been presented, but will be should the opportunity arise. Signed in a different hand than the rest of the letter.
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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.
mssHM 19020
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In this letter to his brother, Charles S. Johnson writes from a Chinese camp of local legislation and politics.
mssHM 16519
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In this letter to Judge Hoffman, Seward writes of a pending civil case in California involving the consul of the kingdom of Hanover, a man named Otto Frank: "The present is not a fit time to entertain unnecessary and speculative questions of privilege in regard to either diplomatic or consular representatives of foreign Powers." However, he points out that "there can be no fit time for abating the necessary national authority, when its exercise is absolutely necessary." Seward then gives Hoffman advice on how to proceed, based on the pending actions of Otto Frank.
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Williams writes of a Bill that has been introduced to him and that he has forwarded to Hoffman for his opinion. He reports that the Bill "has been favorably received & I hope it will meet with your approval."
mssHM 19021