Manuscripts

William James Denver letter to M. Rombach

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Description: The letter discusses a land claim and Ben Holladay
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: not after 1889.
Call number: mssHM 62919
Creator: Denver, William James (1817-1892)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Transferred from the reference collection by the Reader Services Department, Huntington Library, October 24, 2001. Removed from Denver, the man : the life, letters, and public papers of the lawyer, soldier, and statesman by George C. Barnes (KT 17 D4 B3).
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Charles Fletcher letters to James Gordon Bennett

Manuscripts

HM 4004 is a letter addressed to Mr. Bennett, editor of the New York Herald, imploring that the enclosed letter addressing the Oregon Question be published in the Herald. This letter is signed by Charles Fletcher. HM 4005 is the enclosed letter mentioned in HM 4004, and is signed "An American Citizen," and discusses a potential British claim to the Oregon Territory. Both letters are dated 1846, January 26. These manuscripts may be related to HM 4001-4003.

mssHM 4004-4005

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Letters written by James Caulfield

Manuscripts

One letter is addressed to R Priestley (1813) which discusses Caulfield's arrest for debt; and the other letter is addressed to Mr. Tayleure (1822)

mssHM 54323

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William Edmund Pearce letter to William Baker Pearce

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In this letter to his father, William E. Pearce reports that he has been laid up with a sprained ankle. Much of the letter is concerned with his journey from Oregon to California. He has settled outside Nevada City and made a mining claim.

mssHM 20706

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James William Smith letters

Manuscripts

The three James William Smith letters are addressed to his brother J. Edward Smith. The first letter, dated August 4, 1842, was written during his voyage to Hawaii on the brig "Sarah Abigail" and describes his journey thus far. The other letters are from 1845 and discuss the Hawaiian government and politics; a land scheme related to Peter Allen Brinsmade and Ladd & Co.; Koloa, Hawaii; fellow Christian missionaries on the island; King Kamehameha III; and Albert F. Judd. Also included is an albumen print of James William Smith dated 1873

mssHM 63640-63643

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William J. Howard letters

Manuscripts

The seven letters, which are all addressed to William J. Howard, are written by Patrick Edward Connor, William Proctor Hughey, James Mason Hutchings, and John Ricketson. The letters by Patrick Edward Connor, who was also a California Ranger, discuss Harry Love and the act that was passed May 13, 1854 giving Captain Love his reward money for killing Murieta. William Hughey's letter (1879, June 16) discusses Denis Kearney, the Workingmen's Party of California, and the state constitutional convention of 1878. James Mason Hutchings' three letters (1879) are about tourism in the Yosemite Valley, the Yosemite commission, and the state constitution. John Ricketson's letter (1879, Feb. 27) discusses land in Sonora, Mexico

mssHM 65969-65975

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William Given letter

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The letter addressed to a Colonel Baker describes Given's life in in Clarksville, Tenn. where his regiment was on duty, building bridges, forwarding supplies, etc. The letter discusses military life, the Battle of Fort Donelson (Tenn.), 1862, and Given's personal views about the war and the government

mssHM 63654

William James Denver letter to M. Rombach

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