Manuscripts

S.C. (Samuel Clarke) Pomeroy letter to "Mr. Behrn,"

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Description: Pomeroy writes that "we are just packing up to leave for the Summer" and that "we may be able to do what we would gladly do, according to your suggestion" but that it is "not conversant at this moment." Includes a clipping with a short biography of Pomeroy.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1891, May 30.
Call number: mssHM 29255
Creator: Pomeroy, S. C (1816-1891)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William Wreden, 1961, January 5.
Dimensions: 21 cm :
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Henry Uhrbroock letter to Mrs. James Clarke

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Henry Uhrbroock introduces himself by letter to the wife of James Clarke, whom Uhrbroock describes as his partner. Uhrbroock writes that Mr. Clarke is currently unable to write to his wife, and hopes that she will accept this letter in his stead. He writes of both the atrocities and the beauty of California, and hopes to be able to report favorably regarding Mr. Clarke in the near future.

mssHM 21250

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George P. Becker letter to William S. Becker

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In this letter to his brother William, George Becker gives a description of San Francisco and of his experiences since arriving. Of the city, he writes, "I do not like the place; never did, in preference to any other, and hope one of these days to be able to leave it." He calls California a place of "madness", saying that "it seems there are more cases of lunacy in this state than any two large states of the atlantic seaboard."

mssHM 16391

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Susan B. Anthony letter to an unnamed editor

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Letter by Susan B. Anthony addressed to "Mr. Editor, Dear Sir," written on letterhead of Fowler & Wells, Phrenologists and Publishers. Fowler & Wells published the first two volumes of Susan B. Anthony's History of woman suffrage (1881). The letter reads: "By my request our publishers mail to you tonight, the advances sheets of "The History of Woman Suffrage," that you may be able to bring out your notice of it as early as our New York papers -- the book will not be handed them until Friday. Hoping that your reviewer will give these pages a careful reading and a just if not generous report thereof. I am Sir - Respectfully yours Susan B. Anthony."

mssHM 83495

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Medorem Crawford letter to Samuel G. Crawford

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In this letter to his father, Medorem Crawford laments the war with the Cayuse Indians, which he describes as "truly a death blow to Oregon for several years unless the U.S. Govt. comes this summer & pays the expenses of the war." He does not think the provisional government of the territory will be able to continue much longer, and describes the effects on the people settled there. He also relates news of his own business and family.

mssHM 31272

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S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley letter to Henry S. Mackintosh

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This letter was written by Langley to Henry S. Mackintosh, an American teacher and author. It is on Smithsonian Institution letterhead. The letter reads as follows: "I am very glad to see your hand again, and perhaps I can best answer your inquiry by enclosing you a copy of a report from the Administrative Assistant in the National Museum, in reference to the feathered cloak. If you wish anything more done through the Museum, let me know, though I rather think you would do quite as well with private parties. Very sincerely yours, S. P. Langley."

mssHM 80278

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Mrs. S.C. Hall letters to Mrs. S. J. Hale

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S.C. (Samuel Clarke) Pomeroy letter to "Mr. Behrn,"

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