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D. P. McHarg correspondence

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Description: The majority of the letters are written by D. P. McHarg to his mother. McHarg's first letter was written while he was on his voyage to California aboard the ship Grecian. In his letters from California, he discusses the conditions in the gold camps, the gold miners with whom he does business, the financial crisis of 1855 and the failing of the Adams Express Company, as well as his opinions about slavery and the Civil War. There are five letters written by McHarg to his wife Fannie while he was in New York City in 1873; in these letters he discusses the stock market crash of 1873. There is one letter by New York Senator Elihu Root to McHarg's wife Fannie.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1852-1923.
Call number: mssHM 66623-66656
Creator: McHarg, D. P(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Carlyle MacHarg, July 1958.

J.D. (James Donald) Cameron letter to Henry J. Gensler

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In this letter Cameron discusses a bill that he was supposed to have received from Gensler. He also asks Gensler to pay two bills for him. The letter is written on letterhead of the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel.

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Correspondence

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The collection consists of letters related to Fred's life at sea and Sarah's life at home and on the ships when she joined Fred. Many of the letters are from Fred to Sarah (whose nickname was Sade) and from Sarah to her family, but there are also letters written to Sarah from various friends. Letters to Sarah are often addressed to "Sade," and she signed many of her letters as "Sade" as well. The bulk of Fred's letters to Sarah are from various ships and ports, as are Sarah's letters to her family. Fred seemed to miss his wife a great deal when he was at sea, and many of his letters are about his desire to be home with her or to have her on board more often. He discusses his health in many of the letters and he seems to have battled rheumatism quite often. Other topics include the day-to-day life of living on a ship, details about the type and amount of cargo being loaded and carried, the "sea risk" clause in his life insurance policy, his friendship with a Captain Blethen, and his concern that Sarah is seeking employment in a shop he does not find acceptable. Fred mentions some specific ships, including the S.S. Dale. A letter to Mrs. Sager relates his current work and his plans for the next ship he'll board.

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Edgar Jacob letters to family

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Four of these letters are written by Edgar Jacob (1883) to his family back in England. His letters were written from Rimouski, Québec, Iowa, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Tejon Ranch and Bakersfield, California. In his letters from Salt Lake City Edgar describes the city, talks about the Mormons and the building of their Tabernacle. Edgar also discusses Americans, their customs and religion. His last letter was written while visiting his brother Augustus at Bakersfield and the Tejon Ranch region (after he had taken up ranching). Edgar talks about ranch life, the sheep, the Indians living near the ranch and General Edward Beale. The three letters by Augustus Jacob (1873-1874) were written to his father and sister Edith from San Francisco and Laguna Ranch, California. He talks about the people he meets, life in California and the sights he sees. He also writes in great detail about ranch life and sheep raising in California and his trip from Jamaica to San Francisco.

mssHM 70984-70990

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Correspondence

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John T. Fuller wrote these eleven letters to his mother, Ruth Fuller, while he was working as chief engineer for the De Beers Consolidated Mines in Kimberley, South Africa from 1904 to 1906. In these letters he discusses his activities in the diamond mining operations, mining disasters, as well as his life in Kimberley. There is one letter written by John T. Fuller's wife, Rebecca, to her mother-in-law. Also with the letters is a postcard with an image of the cut-open Wesselton mine, a ticket to an event at the Town Hall in Kimberley, and a newspaper clipping with a sarcastic poem about the De Beers company.

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Franklin Pierce, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, letter to William D. Ticknor, Boston :

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In a letter presumably about Nathaniel Hawthorne's Life of Franklin Pierce, Pierce mentions that his friend has written a notice on the book that he will send to Ticknor, suggests it should be published in the Post. A postscript discusses booksellers.

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Thomas A. Warbass letter to Edward D. Warbass

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The letter was written by Thomas Warbass in San Francisco to his brother Edward in Cowlitz County, Oregon Territory (later Cowlitz County, Washington). It discusses the organization of the brothers' coal association, the shipment of coal that Thomas Warbass was awaiting in San Francisco, and their sale of coal from Oregon in San Francisco to a man named Deeson. Warbass also asks his brother whether he could obtain a few hundred tons of coal for Deeson if Deeson sent a cargo vessel to collect it somewhere along the banks of the Columbia River. Warbass mentions the high demand for Oregon coal in San Francisco, and his anxiousness to get such coal into the market.

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D. P. McHarg correspondence

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