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Robert A. Millikan letter to Robert P. Hastings
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Robert A. Millikan letter to Robert P. Hastings
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In this letter on Caltech letterhead, Robert Millikan responds to a previous letter addressed to the executive committee of the Thatcher School, a college preparatory school in Ojai, California. Millikan, being a new member of the committee yields to the recommendations of the other committee members more familiar on the question oif insurance. He also adds in regard to a second recommendation that it is in the best interests of the school to maintain contact with Mr. Willard Keith.
mssHM 52280
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William Allison letter to Arthur Pue Gorman
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Allison sends his regrets, but he will be unable to join Senator Gorman for dinner due to a necessary trip to Philadelphia.
mssHM 29215
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Helen Wills letter to Sherman Day Thacher
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In this letter written on a postcard, Helen Wills acknowledges the letter Thacher sent her and regrets that she will not be able to visit Ojai this year due to a long trip abroad. She is delighted to hear about the new asphalt courts and hopes she can play on them some day. Card is postmarked: Berkeley, Calif., 11:30 PM, Nov. 28, 1925.
mssHM 52272
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Robert E. (Robert Edward) Lee letter to Sydney Smith Lee
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Lee speaks of military and naval details, and regrets being unable to visit in person. Possible forgery.
mssHM 15554
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Helen Wills letter to Sherman Day Thacher
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In this letter, Helen Wills writes that she is sorry she was slow in answering and that she regrets that she will not be able to play in Ojai this year due to prior engagements. She is interested to learn that the first Ojai Tournament was in 1996 and thinks that it was one of the oldest events of its kind in California. She does hope to play in a future tournament and would "love to see the beauties of the Ojai Valley."
mssHM 52273
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Reverdy Johnson letter to James W. Denver
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Letter written by Reverdy Johnson to General James W. Denver and sent from San Francisco. Johnson writes that he will not be able to attend a meeting for the "friends of Judge Douglas" due to previous engagements. He mentions that he recently gave a speech supporting Douglas in Boston and had distributed related pamphlets. He also notes that he was having the speech copied in several California newspapers. Includes envelope and typed transcription of the letter.
mssHM 79958