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Letter to "My dear Husband,", Oxford (Miss.)

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Description: Letter written by wife of a Confederate soldier, signed "Fannie." The main portion of the letter deals with local slaves: their sympathy for the "Yankees," runaways, or those who had started to "live in open rebellion" at home. The letter also contains references to food shortages and hardships of everyday life and rumors about upcoming U.S. Army enforcement for Gen. Rosencrans
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1863 January 10-11.
Call number: mssHM 58079
Provenance: Purchased from Pacific Auction Galleries (San Francisco), Sale 171, lot 49, Sept. 30, 1998.
Dimensions: 25 cm
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Letter to "My Dear Eva,"

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Letter in which an unknown author gives an eyewitness account of the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, which the writer describes as "the worst experience in the history of California." Includes an account of the writer's own experience of the actual earthquake, as well as detailed observations of subsequent damage. The letter gives descriptions of the city made from a boat in San Francisco Bay, with specific mentions of Market Street, Chinatown, Van Ness Avenue, and the residences of Mrs. Oelrichs, Claus Spreckels, and P.F. Butler. Gives a detailed account of the extent of the damage and institution of martial law. Also included are three contemporary picture postcards of earthquake damage.

mssHM 64284

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"John" letter to "my dear aunt,"

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Typescript of a letter sent from "John" to "my dear Aunt," written while he was at sea heading to San Francisco on board the steamer Tennessee. He writes of leaving New York on the steamer Cherokee, canoing across the Isthmus of Panama, the scenery and native people of the area, and conditions on board the Tennessee. He concludes the letter on April 16 after his arrival in San Francisco, and briefly describes lumber and mining prospects.

mssHM 73059

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Letter to "My Dear Harold,"

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This incomplete letter was written by an unknown person from the Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, California. The author was on vacation in southern California and talks about touring in California, the weather, and plans to go home via San Francisco.

mssHM 68325

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Alexis Carrel letter to My Dear Doctor

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Letter written by Alexis Carrel to an unidentified recipient addressed as "My Dear Doctor." The letter, written from Chicago, thanks the doctor for a gift and encloses a letter of introduction for Professor Léo Testut, a celebrated anatomist with whom Carrell had worked in Lyon, France.

mssHM 83062

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Ina A. Green letter to "My Dear Sister,"

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In his letter to his sister, Green discusses the silver mines in Calico, CA, and also describes the Calico area. Also included with the letter is a photograph of a Death Valley twenty mule team.

mssHM 60698

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George F. Kent letters to "My Dear John," and "My Dear Cousin,"

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In the first letter to John R. French, George Kent discusses his admiration for the democratic spirit of the mining camps and comments on various social phenomena, expressing his distaste for gambling and his revulsion toward the recently passed fugitive slave law

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Letter to "My dear Husband,", Oxford (Miss.)

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