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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Patrice Dillon letter to John McDougal
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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
In this letter to Judge McGowan, Dillon declares that the quiet and industrious beaver must not be interfered with.
mssHM 23808
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In this statement representing "all whom it may concern," Dillon protests the command to appear as witness in the case of the United States vs. Luis del Valle, the consul of Mexico, for the U.S. District Court for Upper California.
mssHM 19390
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McDougal requests that Hays recruit a volunteer force of one hundred men to counter aggressive behavior of Indians near San Diego. The Indians have assembled in large numbers, and "have assumed a hostile and menacing attitude." Signature may not be McDougal's.
mssHM 20173
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A collection containing a diary, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. The letters from Jeptha S. Dillon to his wife discuss camp life, military operations, war and political news and rumors, and religious life. There is also a pocket diary kept by Dillon from December 1862 to May 1863. Also included are a few letters from other family members, photographs, printed pamphlets of the 1908 and 1909 reunions of the 118th Regiment, and a blank book "Personal military and civil history" presented to Dillon by Soldiers' and Sailors' Benevolent Society.
mssHM 50456-50507
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The letter is in the handwriting of Jay Gould (1836-1892), and is followed by a note from Gould to Rollins
mssHM 53641
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In this letter to his brother, John D. Crawford asks for as many blankets as possible to be sent to California, for they are sorely needed, and also includes a few details of other business and debts.
mssHM 31266