Manuscripts
John Paty letter to Henry Frederick Teschemacher and Jean Jacques Vioget
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John Kirk Townsend receipt to John Paty
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This manuscript is a receipt for one lot of medicine valued at forty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents, and cash in the sum of thirty-eight dollars and sixty-six cents, received from Captain John Paty on account of duties payable to the custom house at Monterey for the cargo of the vessel Don Quixote.
mssHM 35203
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John Kirk Townsend letter to Richard Barnes Mason
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Townsend discusses the estate of the late W.A. Leidesdorff.
mssHM 35204
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John Bidwell letter to John Townsend
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Bidwell advises Townsend on how to acquire land once he becomes a citizen. Also includes hand-drawn map of area near Sacramento, CA, bordered by the American, Cosmunes, and Sacramento Rivers, and includes Nueva Helvecia and Rufus, Sheldon, and Leidesdorff Ranchos.
mssHM 31549
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John C. Fall letter to Henry Goode Blasdel
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Fall writes to Blasdel, the governor of Nevada, that his town of Unionville "is under control of a mob." He reports a group of armed miners has banded together to force out the town's population of "Chinamen," who are in fear for their lives. Fall reports his mills have ceased operation due to this incident, and that the local law enforcement has been ineffective in restoring order.. Printed Western Union Telegraph Company telegram forms, filled in by hand.
mssHM 31538
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John Henry Frederick Ahlert diary
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The diary covers the first trip Ahlert made to the Klondike. In it he describes his journey from Los Angeles to Dyea, including accounts of traveling conditions as well as descriptions of his surroundings. He also talks about the difficulties in mining gold as well as the frustration he experienced in registering claims along the rivers and creeks. In the last half of his diary, Ahlert describes Dawson and his life there.
mssHM 64258
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John White Geary letter to John C. Hays
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Captain Geary reports to Colonel Hays that the San Francisco Rangers are organized and ready for duty.
mssHM 20171