Manuscripts

William Hayes Hilton letter to "Friend Quackenbush,"

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Description: In this letter to the otherwise unnamed "Friend Quackenbush," William Hayes Hilton writes of happenings at Rock Spring Drill in Silver Hill, and of his ongoing problems with the owning and operating company. Hilton appears to have or have had a position of authority in this company.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1864, February 10.
Call number: mssHM 31264
Creator: Hilton, William Hayes (1829-1909)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Fred Lockley, 1948, June 30.
Dimensions: 24 cm :

William Hayes Hilton letter to "Quackenbush,"

Manuscripts

In this letter addressed to "Friend Quackenbush," William H. Hilton writes of mining details and mine operation in Silver Hill and Rock Springs District in California.

mssHM 16693

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William Hayes Hilton sketches

Manuscripts

Nine sketchbooks containing sketches done by William Hayes Hilton during his travel around California, Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico from 1850-1870. The most common subjects of his drawings are gold miners in California; San Francisco and Monterey, California; and Tepic and Mazatlan, Mexico. His sketches include people, churches, and landscapes, and in several of them he drew the indigenous people of California and Mexico as well as Chinese people in California. Several of the sketchbooks have loose sketches and are in fragile condition.

mssHilton

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William Hayes Chamberlin journal

Manuscripts

The first volume is No. 5 of several copies Alexander Rea Chamberlin made of his great-grandfather's journal. It includes a facsimile copy of the original journal as well as facsimile copies of the journal as it was printed in the Lewisburg, Pennsylvania newspaper, Chronicle. in 1849 and 1850. Chamberlin's journal covers his overland journey to California in 1849. The volume also contains later entries from a diary Chamberlin kept in 1853 to 1857 while living in California. These entries also include a trip Chamberlin took back East by ship. While in New Orleans he makes several specific comments on the slaves he sees.

mssHM 82522 (a+b)

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Rutherford B. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, letter to unidentified addressee :

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Regarding the "silver question," an economic policy debate over the coinage of silver that began in the late 19th century.

mssHM 24716

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William Boyd Allison letter to "My dear Mr. Cole,"

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In this letter to the otherwise unidentified Mr. Cole, Allison writes that he may not be available as planned due to a scheduled dinner with friends.

mssHM 29213

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Daniel Miller letter to William Miller

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Letter written from Daniel Miller near Petaluma, California, to his brother William in Newburn, Virginia. Miller writes of the difficulties of driving cattle over the Oregon Trail and through the Salt Lake Valley to California, and of cattle that were "likely stolen" by Mormons in Utah. He writes of stopping with the remaining cattle in the valley outside of San Francisco and of the trouble in owning land since "nearly all the country is claimed by grants made by the Mexican Government." He writes of his trip to San Francisco and details the high cost of goods in the area, but notes that he is also selling cattle for good prices. Miller also writes of gold mining and that he plans to avoid the practice since "many thousand dollars worth of [gold] dust...disappears in a few hours at the gambling tables." Miller concludes that "I have as yet not regrets about the move [to California], except the loss of our children" (Miller's three young daughters died during the journey to California).

mssHM 74319

William Hayes Hilton letter to "Friend Quackenbush,"

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