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Jesse Washington Carter letters

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Description: This group contains five letters that deal with an alleged beating of a Jehovah's Witness in Corning, California, and general harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses in that same town. The letters are between Justice Jesse W. Carter, California Superior Court Judge Herbert S. Gans, and Ernest Besig, Director of the Northern California Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1941-1942.
Call number: mssHM 68049-68053
Creator: Carter, Jesse W (1888-1959)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Gans, September 1952.
Associated people: Besig, Ernest.; Gans, Herbert South,
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Jesse Terrell letter to "Sister Ada,"

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A two-page letter by Jesse Terrell of Banner, Wyoming Territory, to his sister, Ada, in Ilinois. This letter focuses upon fears of local civilians about potential attacks from local indigenous peoples, even though no battles had occurred in the region for years.

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Jesse Smart correspondence

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The collection contains two documents and 38 pieces of correspondence, 23 of which are letters by Jesse Smart to his sons. These letters mostly discuss Smart's experience in California mining for gold and running his nursery. He often asks his sons to send him seeds of plants that are not available in California. He also comments on the prices of produce in California and the effects of the weather and insects on his crops. The remaining correspondence is written by other Smart family members and often discusses life in California, and more specifically, Sacramento. One letter, which is written by Jesse's daughter Charlotte, discusses her voyage to California from Maine.

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Smart, Jesse to [unknown addressee]

Manuscripts

The collection contains two documents and 38 pieces of correspondence, 23 of which are letters by Jesse Smart to his sons. These letters mostly discuss Smart's experience in California mining for gold and running his nursery. He often asks his sons to send him seeds of plants that are not available in California. He also comments on the prices of produce in California and the effects of the weather and insects on his crops. The rest of the correspondence is written by other Smart family members and often discusses life in California, and more specifically, Sacramento. One letter, which is written by Jesse's daughter Charlotte, discusses her voyage to California from Maine.

HM 63850

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Smart, Jesse to "Dear Son." Sacramento (Calif.)

Manuscripts

The collection contains two documents and 38 pieces of correspondence, 23 of which are letters by Jesse Smart to his sons. These letters mostly discuss Smart's experience in California mining for gold and running his nursery. He often asks his sons to send him seeds of plants that are not available in California. He also comments on the prices of produce in California and the effects of the weather and insects on his crops. The rest of the correspondence is written by other Smart family members and often discusses life in California, and more specifically, Sacramento. One letter, which is written by Jesse's daughter Charlotte, discusses her voyage to California from Maine.

HM 63856

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Smart, Jesse to "Dear Son." Sacramento (Calif.)

Manuscripts

The collection contains two documents and 38 pieces of correspondence, 23 of which are letters by Jesse Smart to his sons. These letters mostly discuss Smart's experience in California mining for gold and running his nursery. He often asks his sons to send him seeds of plants that are not available in California. He also comments on the prices of produce in California and the effects of the weather and insects on his crops. The rest of the correspondence is written by other Smart family members and often discusses life in California, and more specifically, Sacramento. One letter, which is written by Jesse's daughter Charlotte, discusses her voyage to California from Maine.

HM 63858

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Smart, Jesse to "Dear Son." Sacramento (Calif.)

Manuscripts

The collection contains two documents and 38 pieces of correspondence, 23 of which are letters by Jesse Smart to his sons. These letters mostly discuss Smart's experience in California mining for gold and running his nursery. He often asks his sons to send him seeds of plants that are not available in California. He also comments on the prices of produce in California and the effects of the weather and insects on his crops. The rest of the correspondence is written by other Smart family members and often discusses life in California, and more specifically, Sacramento. One letter, which is written by Jesse's daughter Charlotte, discusses her voyage to California from Maine.

HM 63854

Jesse Washington Carter letters

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