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Joseph Hooker letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Description: Hooker encloses a copy of "the report of my first battle," which he says will be withheld from publication for a few days but it will "be the cause of no little excitement." He also writes that "I have a glorious division."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1862, May 21.
Call number: mssHM 19014
Creator: Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Grabhorn Collection, January 1945.
Dimensions: 21 cm :
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John B. Williams letter to Ogden Hoffman

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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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James Guthrie letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Guthrie encloses a letter from the acting Consul at Havana, William H. Robertson, and writes to Hoffman concerning its contents.

mssHM 19007

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Edmund Randolph letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Randolph discusses legal details, and tells Hoffman he will bring him a copy of important information.

mssHM 19009

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John Muir letter to Katharine Putnam Hooker

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In this letter to his friend Katherine Hooker, John Muir describes a pleasant voyage to "The River." He describes approaching Para (Belém) and the sight of a "glorious view of fifty miles or so of forest on the right bank of the river." He explains that the experience of that alone is "noble compensation" for waiting all these years for the Amazon journey. He expects to start for Manaus in a day or two and spend at least a month on the river engaged in tough, but lovely work. He hopes Katherine is in the mountains with Marian and promises to tell her about the forest when he gets back.

mssHM 31153

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John Muir letter to Katharine Putnam Hooker

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Farewell letter to Katherine Hooker from John Muir stating that he is leaving Philadelphia for the Amazon, "all alone as usual" on August 15, 1911 and is well but feeling tired as he has been working from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for weeks finishing the Yosemite book. Muir hopes to get a rest on the trip to the "great hot river." He says she may write him goodbye at the above address and closes with: "Heaven's peace be yours dear Katherine, so devoutely prays, Your very friend, John Muir."

mssHM 31152

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Edmund Randolph letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Randolph writes of abolitionists and supporters of slavery, and asks that Hoffman "will lend me your aid in procuring the support of the latter." He asks Hoffman to contact Senator Phelps of San Francisco, whom Randolph describes as "a man of influence."

mssHM 19011

Joseph Hooker letter to Ogden Hoffman

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