Manuscripts
Hannah Milhous Nixon letter to Elisabeth F. Payne
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Richard M. Nixon letter to Donald E. Pearson
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In this typewritten letter, Nixon is thanking Donald E. Pearson for his support. Signed "Dick Nixon." On "Richard Nixon" letterhead. With envelope.
mssHM 84335
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Roberta Nixon photographs and letter regarding Grace Burke Hubble
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This group of items, which belonged to Roberta Nixon, includes 6 photographs and 1 letter. The photographs include: 1 photograph of young Grace Hubble, 1901; 1 photograph of Edwin and Grace Hubble, and Betty Baldwin in Arizona, 1937; 1 photograph of an unidentified man and possibly Ida Crotty, 1969; and 3 photographs of Roberta Nixon, 1977-2019. In the thank you letter from Ida Crotty to Roberta Nixon dated 1980 March 29, Crotty reveals Nixon was the only person with Grace Hubble when she passed away in 1980.
mssHM 83864-83870
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Hannah Hough reminiscences
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Typed four-page manuscript by Hannah Hough about her trip from New York to San Francisco. She talks about the troubles she had on her journey, her arrival in California and her family's difficult life there, and their return to Illinois.
mssHM 84376
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James Mills letter to H.W. Nixon
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Letter from James Mills, Jr., to H.W. Nixon of the Citrus Historical Committee giving a brief biography of Mills' father, James Mills Sr. The biography focuses on Mills Sr.'s experiences with the citrus industry in California, including his various business associates and organizations. Written on James Mills Orchards Company letterhead.
mssHM 73660
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Hannah Penney Green letters to John Witham Penney
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In her letters to her brother, Green talks about her difficult life: she does a variety of jobs to earn money, she often worries about money and obtaining her husband's pension (she hired a lawyer), family problems, moving often for work, etc. She also talks about vising a tin mine near Perris and, in her last letter, she describes her experience with the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
mssGreen letters
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Washington F. Davidson diary
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Diary that Davidson kept from June 1840 to the end February 1840, most of which Davidson spent serving onboard the Dale on her maiden voyage to South America. As he sailed from Norfolk to Brazil and around Cape Horn, Davidson meticulously recorded every detail of his duties -- setting sails; logging distance, coordinates, and winds; supervising the crew, etc. The richly detailed diary reveals a young, enthusiastic sailor, endowed with a keen eye, natural curiosity, and a certain literary talent. (His younger sister Virginia Emeline Davidson later became a well known writer.) The diary provides an intimate look at the life of midshipmen ("Middies") and their often complicated relationship with the officers and crew. Davidson described in great detail numerous encounters with British, Danish, French, Peruvian, and American whalers and naval vessels. The latter included the famed frigates Constellation and Constitution. Throughout the voyage, Davidson used every opportunity to go ashore, recording his impressions, paying particular attention to local population, especially the ladies. While in Guayaquil, the Dale was paid a visit by Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana, the exiled Marshall of Peru-Bolivian Confederacy. Davidson reported the visit in great detail.
mssHM 69950