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Olin Wellborn letter to John W. Swindells
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Horace Austin letter to William David Lewis
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Mr. Austin writes of the possible annexation of Texas by the United States Congress.
mssHM 20712
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Andrew McKinley letter to John McKinley
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In this letter addressed to "my dear father," Andrew McKinley writes he is stricken with illness which "has somewhat increased my expenses....I would be obliged if you would send me some money." He also says he is thinking over his father's suggestion to move his business to the Eastern cities.
mssHM 29252
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William P. (William Phipps) Blake letter to John Arnold Rockwell
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Blake writes that he would most appreciate "a communication upon the New Almaden case," about which he plans to write an article.
mssHM 21236
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Letters on Hawaii
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Two letters written by Robert Crichton Wyllie from Honolulu and Oahu, Hawaii. In the first, written to Don Antonio Osio (December 21, 1849) in Spanish, Wyllie writes that he has remembered Osio to "the King in his council" (Kamehameka III). He writes that there are those in California who would like to do in Hawaii what "other adventurers have done in Texas," but that foreign governments would not allow the Hawaiian monarchy to be disturbed. The second letter was written to the lawyer John Ricord (December 1, 1854) and includes references to ships' losses in South America and Wyllie's efforts to stop the "depopulation" of native Hawaiians. He writes exensively of a recent event in which he was threatened by "Fillibusters from California" (former gold prospectors led by Samuel Brannan) who wanted Hawaii annexed into the United States, and his supposed raising of a small navy to prevent any attempted takeover.
mssHM 72994-72995
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Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters) Stanton letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Stanton writes to Hoffman "in respect to the publication of your decision." He also hopes Hoffman will soon have time for leisure upon finishing current land cases, and away from Washington, D.C.: "I mean in New York which after all next to San Francisco is the only place on the continent for a gentleman of leisure."
mssHM 19008
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Eben Chapman letter to Eben Hunt
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Chapman writes that he has heard no news from home, and that a bank draft he sent to his wife was returned. He has found gold in California but not as much as he expected. Of California, he writes, "For the timid here is no place, he that would do well here must have courage," and describes the many plights of the miner. he also asks for Hunt's help regarding a debt owed him.
mssHM 4196