Manuscripts

Flora Wilson letter to Charles Grant Brown

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Description: In this letter to C.G. Brown on Van Nuys Hotel, Los Angeles stationery, Wilson announces a recital she is to give in the ballroom of the Hotel Maryland in Pasadena on Friday evening, April 7th. She lists her sponsors and asks for the support of Iowa friends. She asks if Brown would care to purchase several tickets and invite interested friends to a "purely all invitational affair."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1913.
Call number: mssHM 43370
Creator: Wilson, Flora (1877-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Herbert, October 6, 1976.

M. Lawrence letter to Charles F. Irwin

Manuscripts

Mr. M. Lawrence writes to Charles F. Irwin, a lawyer based in Placerville, and asks for advice regarding a potential lawsuit connected with the Baldwin Hotel. Written on printed letterhead for Baldwin's Hotel Oakwood in Arcadia, California.

mssHM 26609

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Mary Jane Brooks letter to Fanny Davis

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In this letter to her sister Fanny Davis, Mary Jane Brooks writes that as she is now sixty years of age, she is unable to work as in her youth. She asks for back payment on rent for Fanny's house, where she lived for twenty-five years without payment, or suggests Fanny buy the property outright. She also writes of details of mutual friends in San Francisco.

mssHM 19795

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Mary K. Browne letter to Sherman Day Thacher

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Browne writes that she appreciates Thacher's approving attitude on her decision to go professional. She writes that she saw him at the Davis Cup matches but didn't bring herself to his attention because she did not know yet how he felt about her decision. She is now sorry that they didn't speak. On the topic of a playing in Ojai, she feels it's out of the question do to a full schedule. She mentions that Mr. Pyle [Charles C. (Cash and Carry) Pyle] plans to play at the Coliseum in Los Angeles, but she will refer this letter to him so he can answer direct. She goes on to write that for sentimental reasons, she would love to play in Ojai where she feels so much at home "and in the one place in America I feel that young tennis has had the most encouragement." She writes that if the tour she is one were not financial in nature she might have been able to play in Ojai. She hopes that Pyle sees his way clear to let them play. Letter is written on Vanderbilt Hotel, New York stationery.

mssHM 52275

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Charles Louis Hopkinson letter to Jane K. Hopkinson

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In this letter addressed to his Aunt Jane, Charles Louis Hopkinson asks if he might come and live with her in order to go to school, and she would receive twenty dollars a month from Charles' mother. He also writes of the murder of James King by James P. Casey, and the imprisonment of Casey and conspirator Charles Cora, prompting the involvement of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. The episode caused much excitement. The first page of this pictorial letter sheet is a sketch of the surrender of Casey and Cora; the letter is on pages two through four.

mssHM 40687

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J.D. (James Donald) Cameron letter to Henry J. Gensler

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In this letter Cameron discusses a bill that he was supposed to have received from Gensler. He also asks Gensler to pay two bills for him. The letter is written on letterhead of the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel.

mssHM 68331

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Jane Elizabeth Bayard Wilson letter to Caroline A. Bayard

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In her letter written from Monrovia, Liberia, Jane Elizabeth Bayard Wilson describes her life in Monrovia and her travels in Liberia, including a visit to New Georgia. She also mentions James Eden, a Black missionary who came to Liberia in 1833. The letter is addressed to her cousin Caroline A. Bayard in Philadelphia.

mssHM 84006

Flora Wilson letter to Charles Grant Brown

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