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Patrice Dillon letter to John McDougal

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    Patrice Dillon letter to Edward McGowan

    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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    Protest against command to appear as witnesses

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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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    John McDougal letter to John C. Hays

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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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    Jeptha S. Dillon papers

    Manuscripts

    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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    Sidney Dillon letter to Edward Henry Rollins

    Manuscripts

    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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    David Turner letter to John A. Rockwell

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    David Turner is heading west from Connecticut to settle in California, and asks for Rockwell's expertise regarding California, such as any information, maps or documents, that might be of use to him concerning his move.

    mssHM 4156