Manuscripts
William Rollin Morgan addenda
- Description
The collection contains 260 pieces, including ephemera. The bulk of the material is correspondence; however, there are a few business records and legal documents throughout the collection. Most of the letters in this collection were written to Morgan after he had moved back to Vermont. His partners are writing to keep him apprised of business matters. The majority of the correspondence deals with the legal problems the Sierra Union Water and Mining Company was facing due to the hydraulic mining process. Some specific subjects discussed in these letters are: hydraulic mining, lawsuits, mining law, mining claims, claim jumpers, water rights, mining equipment, abandoned mines, and land disputes. Many of the letters are written from or related to San Francisco, St. Louis, Sierra County, and Marysville, California.
- Date
- 1833-1934
- Call number
- mssHM 60143-60312
- Provenance
- Purchased from Pacific Book Auction Galleries, Sale 116, lot #218, October 1996.
- Purchased from Bancroft Library, January 1997.
- Purchased from Pacific Book Auction Galleries, Sale 129, lot #348, March 1997.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Cox, George W.
- Donohue, Timothy.
