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Mr. Mellus discusses a note payable in cash and Mr. Marsh's accounts, and mentions that there may not be another season for cargo for another four years. He also writes that Henry will arrive soon, and if Mr. Marsh might have any beaver for him.
mssHM 19822
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Deed for property in Los Angeles that made up part of the Rancho de Los Cuervos, and including an adobe house. Sold by Manuela Avila to Francis Mellus.
mssHM 73098
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In this letter, Fitch apologizes for an error made in a transaction with Marsh, and promises to send him bear skins and oil, and possibly beaver. Letter partly damaged. Included is a typescript of the letter with a brief biography of Fitch.
mssHM 19820
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Captain Girdler wrote this letter to his sister and brother-in-law while on board the ship Vandalia in San Diego harbor. In the letter he describes agriculture, commerce, and the people in California. He also talks about his success at selling hides.
mssHM 68186
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These manuscripts are a series of letters from Mary Jane Brooks to her sister Priscilla Marsh and brother Thomas Marsh. HM 19790 is dated 1853, December 14 and 15, and lists the current price of goods in San Francisco. Mary Jane Brooks also writes of her family and friends. In the next letter (HM 19791, dated 1854, February 28), Mary Jane Brooks writes further of family and friends. HM 19792, dated 1854, July 14, tells of a fire in San Francisco, but the Brooks home was undamaged. Mary Jane Brooks writes in the next letter (HM 19793, dated 1855, July 28) that her father is not doing well. He has quit working, and "thinks he is not long for this world." HM 19794, the final letter in this sequence, is dated 1856, March 4. Father is still alive, but is ailing, and Mary Jane Brooks urges Priscilla to prepare their mother for his passing. The letters are written from San Francisco, and all are signed "Aaron and Mary Jane Brooks" but letters are in the handwriting of Mary Jane Brooks. With one-page typescript of an additional letter, dated 1856, July 5.
mssHM 19790-19794
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Smith informs Marsh that he has finally reached San Francisco, California, after eight and a half months at sea, during which he had to change ships after the first one "was condemned." He also tells the sad tale of the drowning of a young man named "Frankey" during the voyage, and the devastating effect on Frankey's mother.
mssHM 19800