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Letter to Evelina B. Bailey
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J. K. Lum letter to "dear sir,"
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Letter from J.K. Lum in Skookumchuck, Washington, to an unknown recipient. Lum offers the recipient mountain beavers for $3.00, and writes that he can "send you almost any of the birds or mammals of this country...at reasonable prices." He lists some of the animals he has for sale, and notes some prices, which vary according to the "size and difficulty of capture." He asks for a list of desired animals along with the prices the recipient is willing to pay. He also offers to make an exchange for a spider monkey, which he wants to "complete a group for the fair."
mssHM 29249
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Philip Deidesheimer letter to Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro
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Letter from Philip Deidesheimer in Virginia City, Nevada, to Adolph Sutro. Deidesheimer writes of his desire to see Sutro and asks him to come back to Virginia City as soon as he can. He also writes of the mines in Nevada, including that "there is mutiny near" at the Ophir Mine. He also writes that he hopes to be made one of the Sutro Tunnel Commissioners, of his invention of the timbering system, that he "never dreamed" of patenting the system "until of late," and asks Sutro to inquire into patenting the design for him, noting that "if I could yet get a patent it would bring me an income of at least one million...dollars a year."
mssHM 29230
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Jacob Primer Leese letter to David Waldo
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In this letter, Leese tells Waldo that he has heard of Waldo's intent to visit California, and if he does, he should visit Leese at "San Francisco, Sonoma Town."
mssHM 16379
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John Augustus Sutter letter to Charles Covilland
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Sutter hopes that Covilland might have for sale a lot of land in Marysville, so that Sutter's son may live there and build a house on it. In return, Sutter has some separate land that he would be willing to trade.
mssHM 43206
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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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Horace Austin letter to William David Lewis
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Mr. Austin informs Mr. Lewis of his business, in which he trades groceries for cotton, and details thereof. He also tells of his family, and how his son has been named Lewis in Mr. Lewis' honor. Through these successes, Austin hopes he has fulfilled the promise made to Mr. Lewis.
mssHM 23164