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William McKendree Gwin letter to "Sir,"
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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
Letter from William McKendree Gwin to P. Greely, Jr., sent from Washington City, California. In the letter Gwin writes of his willingness to comply with a request of William Barry (or Berry). He also gives his thoughts on California ("We (the U.S.) must expend vast sums of money to that country and...labor and material must be furnished") and writes of his impending visit with the Secretary of the Treasury regarding the "Revenue System in California." Written sometime in the 1850s. Part of the letter has been torn and is missing.
mssHM 74756
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In this letter, Shaw is giving art career advice and schooling recommendations to an unknown recipient. Written from Kensington, London, England.
mssHM 78396
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Autograph envelope signed by William Pitt to W. Sturges Bowne. Along with the envelope is an engraved portrait print of Pitt and a brief biographical note.
mssHM 80184
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Note: GLA 141 has a clipping pasted onto final page; GLA 142 has an engraved portrait card enclosed.
GLA 141-142
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In this letter, which is written to Frederick Beechey, one of Beaufort's officers, Beaufort discusses dispatches he received from the Beagle's captain, Robert FitzRoy. These dispatches describe the Beagle's surveying expeditions along South America's coast as well as report on the Beagle's activities in 1835 (he mentions several places in Chile by name). Beaufort is giving this informaiton to Beechey so that he does not duplicate FitzRoy's efforts. Although the letter was written in secretarial hand, Beaufort signed it and and wrote a postcript in pencil informing Beechey of the birth of his daughter and the news that "Mrs. B was doing very well and the young lady also." This would have been Beechey's first news of the birth of his daughter. This letter is one copy of many that Beaufort sent to various ports in the hope that one reached Beechey as soon as possible. Charles Darwin is not mentioned by name in the letter.
mssHM 70756
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Letter expressing Adams' views on aristocracy as natural, that inequalities of influence exist in nature, must be levelled by law; also discusses the "privileged order of beauty" and the example of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Item is bound with an engraved portrait of Adams and an auction or sale advertisement of the Adams letter.
mssHM 21696