Manuscripts
J. W. Stow papers
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J. W. Stow papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of letters and some documents related to the examination of quartz mines in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties, California, as well as several mines in Nevada. Many of the letters are addressed to Stow, but there are also a few addressed to Edward J. Pringle and others. The primary authors of the letters are W. A. Williams and Joseph Lee.
mssHM 64102-64141
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Account of Stow Park, England: manuscript
Manuscripts
This manuscript is about Stow Park in Lincolnshire, England. It gives a descriptive and historical account of Stow and the nearby town Gainsborough. The manuscript appears to be part of a larger manuscript; it contains "Part VIII" and "Part IX," and the pages are p. 98-118. It is incomplete and it ends mid-sentence.
mssHM 80991
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Alfred B. Summers papers
Manuscripts
A collection of approximately 330 items from approximately 1875 to 1909, it consists of letters, documents, 17 field books, survey notes, and maps related to various California mines in Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Mariposa, Tuolumne, and Yuba counties.
mssSummers
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Ferdinand J. Dreer papers, (bulk 1840-1890)
Manuscripts
A collection of 274 items which contains personal and family papers of Ferdinand J. Dreer. Included are: a typescript biography of Dreer (approximately 1895), fifty letters and documents addressed to him (including a few letters from Benson John Lossing), letters addressed to Edwin Greble Dreer, grandson of Ferdinand J. Dreer, papers related to the Wichtermans, the family of his grandparents, miscellaneous tributes in verse written in memory of Dreer family members. Also included are family photographs, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. There are a few miscellaneous documents relating to Jonathan Dickinson, first President of Princeton, and genealogies of Dreer, Annin, Miller, and Dickinson families.
mssDreer
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Samuel W. Messerne letter
Manuscripts
In the letter, which is written from the mining town of Murderer's Bar and addressed to "Theodore," Messerne advises his friend not to come up to the Northern California mines unless he can find himself a good business partner; he also requests that he bring "some sulphur and cream of tarter."
mssHM 63814
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Brock Collection: Papers of L. W. Spratt
Manuscripts
Provision returns, receipts, requisitions, invoices, reports, orders, and other records generated and accumulated by the Brigade Commissary.-bAlso included are a few personal letters addressed to Spratt discussing political and war news
mssBR Box 153 (2)