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 :
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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

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William Henry Seward letter to Ogden Hoffman

Manuscripts

In this letter to Judge Hoffman, Seward writes of a pending civil case in California involving the consul of the kingdom of Hanover, a man named Otto Frank: "The present is not a fit time to entertain unnecessary and speculative questions of privilege in regard to either diplomatic or consular representatives of foreign Powers." However, he points out that "there can be no fit time for abating the necessary national authority, when its exercise is absolutely necessary." Seward then gives Hoffman advice on how to proceed, based on the pending actions of Otto Frank.

mssHM 19015

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

Manuscripts

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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Benjamin Ross letter to "sister"

Manuscripts

This letter, which appears to have been written by a soldier to his unnamed sister, describes details of Ross' travels and experiences with a troop of American soldiers moving through Mexico during the Mexican War.

mssHM 16691

William Hayes Hilton letter to "Friend Quackenbush,"

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