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Asa West letter to John A. Rockwell

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Description: In this letter to Senator Rockwell, Asa West implores to have the government take a handful of tradesmen to California, assuring that the men are of good and respectable character.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1849.
Call number: mssHM 4084
Creator: West, Asa(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Brannan Collection.
Dimensions: 25 cm :
Associated people: Rockwell, John A. (1803-1861,)

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Asa Gray letter to Leander Wetherell

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Robert Turnball letter to Reverend John Beers

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In this letter, Turnbull talks about a trip he is going to take to Los Angeles (he writes from San Diego County) to look at some land. He also talks about several land grants in southern California including Rancho La Puente and Rancho Azusa; he also describes San Gabriel Valley in general and mentions some water problems in the area. The letter includes a hand-drawn map of the area surrounding Azusa and the La Puente Rancho. On the map, Turnbull writes "The land lying between Spadra [Pomona] and the Gov lands opposite Booth Ranch is the Rancho La Puente the Grant of whom your uncle bought" and "the squatters take the water out a the mouth of River carry across Dalton's Ranch on to the Gov lands the surplus reaching the Booth Ranch."

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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.

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John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to Elbridge Gerry :

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Letter to Gerry, recently appointed to a special diplomatic commission to France, in which Adams lists several objections and opinions previously expressed by others to Gerry's appointment. Adams also expresses his wish for peace with France but also his concerns with fidelity to the public and U.S. self-defense; he also discusses the character of General John Marshall. Letter is endorsed by Gerry.

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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Madison :

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The Italian sculptor Pietro (Peter) Cardelli is making busts of U.S. presidents; Adams requests permission from Madison for Cardelli to visit him at Montpelier to take the model of his bust. Letter is incomplete, cut off below first paragraph (see published version in Founders Online, National Archives for complete text).

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Asa West letter to John A. Rockwell

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