Manuscripts

Frank Loucks letters to George R. Loucks

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Description: Loucks wrote the two letters on August 11 and October 2, 1898, from Camp Dewey; the letters are addressed to his brother George. Frank talks about Manila, the conditions at the camp, and his dealings with his fellow soldiers. He also talks about problems obtaining supplies for his regiment. He also talks about a possible battle and states, "we are looking for Dewey to get a move on and do something."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1898.
Call number: mssHM 67898-67899
Creator: Loucks, Frank(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Kenneth Greenberg, December 10, 1969.
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George Gregory letters

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George Gregory wrote these 10 letters to his fiancée, Anne Hemings, in London after his arrival in New York. He talks in detail about: his attempt to find work, his financial problems, his lodgings, his meals, the trials of separation, etc. He also talks a lot about the Americans in New York, their manners and their clothes.

mssHM 81175-81184

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Frank Hubbard letters to family

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These seven letters were written by Frank Hubbard to his family back in New Jersey. The letters are addressed to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hubbard, and his brother William C. Hubbard. Hubbard wrote these letters from Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado. He talks about trying to find employment, traveling in the area, going to social events, etc. He also mentions that observing the Sabbath is making it difficult to find a job. Hubbard also talks about perhaps going further west to Wyoming or Nevada.

mssHM 78272-78278

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Alexander von Humboldt letter to N. Maze

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This four-page letter, written in French by Alexander von Humboldt, is probably to his French publisher N. Maze. In the letter, Humboldt talks about his financial problems trying to publish Nova genera et species plantarum. He details problems he is having with the German government and also gives a breakdown of the publication expenses.

mssHM 70386

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E. C. Dunn diary

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The diary only contains one month of entries. In the diary Dunn talks about his experience of living in a mining camp near Weaverville. He talks in detail about snow storms that caused the roofs of buildings to cave in and rain that caused floods; his fellow miners, including one man who got drunk and was later found dead in the snow; prices of provisions such as beef, pork, flour, barley, and potatoes; a New Year's ball held at the Independence Hotel in Weaverville; and problems with competing miners in Stewart's Flat.

mssHM 67919

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Hannah Penney Green letters to John Witham Penney

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This collecton contains twenty-one letters from Hannah Penney Green to her brother, Green talks about her difficult life: she does a variety of jobs to earn money, she often worries about money and obtaining her husband's pension (she hired a lawyer), family problems, moving often for work, etc. She also talks about vising a tin mine near Perris and, in her last letter, she describes her experience with the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

mssHPG

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H. B. Lansing diaries

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Lansing's diaries give a detailed account of his life in California as a gold miner. He talks about his life in the mining camp, his friends and business partners, his home sickness, his desire to "sell out" and go home, as well as the specifics of mining for gold (buying and selling of claims, equipment problems, bad weather, boils on his hands, etc.). Lansing also describes in detail how he and his friends spend their leisure time: gambling, bowling, drinking and going to dances. Lansing mentions the Chinese he works with in the mines, Joaquin Murieta and the hanging of several Mexicans for murder. Lansing works in and travels to several different places in California including San Andreas, Sonora, Chinese Camp, Murphy's Camp and Yackee (Yaqui) Camp. Lansing also gives a daily tally of the gold he finds in his diggings by dollar amount. The first volume covers all of 1853 and second volume only covers January to May 1855.

mssHM 70409-70410

Frank Loucks letters to George R. Loucks

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