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Jessie Benton Frémont letter to "Carry,"

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Description: Letter from Jessie Benton Frémont on Bald Porcupine Island, Maine, to a friend named Carry. Frémont writes of the beauty of the Maine coast, a description of Bald Porcupine (with sketch maps), a description of her house and its furnishings, of her neighbors, and of observing a bald eagle. The letter also includes sketches of two girls with a walking stick, a hiking boot, and a shrub.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870, August 22.
Call number: mssHM 28670
Creator: Frémont, Jessie Benton (1824-1902)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Alta California Bookstore, February 14, 1966.

Jessie Benton Frémont letters

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This group of items is comprised of three letters by Jessie Benton Frémont to George Whitwell Parsons, an article written by Jessie Benton Frémont, and a letter by George Whitwell Parsons to William Jennings Bryan. The Frémont letters discuss an article Jessie was writing on her husband, her father, the Bear Flag Revolt, and California history; an incomplete copy of that article is included in the group. The Parsons letter to Bryan consists of a request by Parsons to Bryan to speak to the members of the YMCA of Los Angeles; at the bottom of the page is a signed note by Bryan saying that it is "impossible."

mssHM 66102-66106

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Elizabeth Benton (Lily) Frémont letter to Clara Stanton Howe

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Miss Frémont writes that she is leaving town for a month and that a lady with a subscription book for the F.F. Society called on her that day, but she didn't have time to look into the matter. Miss Frémont told the caller that all connections to that society are now through her (Mrs. Howe) and that she would see her about it when she got back unless the matter was pressing. In that case, Mrs. Howe could write her at Long Beach. The letter is signed: Yours sincerely, E. Benton Frémont, Los Angeles, Thursday afternoon.

mssHM 16698

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John C. Frémont letter to Simon Stevens

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Letter from John C. Frémont in Prescott, Arizona, to Simon Stevens. Frémont writes of conditions surrounding the purchase of a mine. Written on Territory of Arizona, Executive Department letterhead.

mssHM 31259

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John Charles Frémont letter to Alpheus Hardy

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Frémont requests a copy of a letter written to Hardy from Thomas O. Larkin in San Francisco, dated 1859, August 5.

mssHM 21345

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John Charles Frémont letter to "Mr. Wright,"

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In this letter to the otherwise unidentified "Mr. Wright" of Washington, Frémont writes thata French company called "the Belgian Miners" has arrived in San Francisco, and are under lease to him. He shall put them to work immediately "on a good vein" and writes that "their report to France will be of great importance." During his time in the South, Frémont reports that he "obtained a great deal of information relative to mines." He has found another rich vein, but is not sure of the ore it contains - he has sent a piece to England for identification - and has acquired a large amount of land that may be of considerable value. Frémont states that they have no commissioner, but hopes the President will "send out others without delay." He hopes Mr. Wright will act on his behalf in this and other matters.

mssHM 21240

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John Charles Frémont letter to Jacob Rink Snyder

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In this letter to Major Snyder, stationed in San Francisco, Frémont gives his thanks for Snyder's accomodations regarding "the copies of the portrait," and his condolences for the death of President Zachary Taylor, which he considers a "public calamity."

mssHM 48974

Jessie Benton Frémont letter to "Carry,"

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