Manuscripts
John Hunt letters
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Lyman H. Howland letters to his son
Manuscripts
Lyman H. Howland wrote seven of these letters to his son, Garrald, after he left New Bedford to become an itinerant miner in California, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana. The first letter is a 16-page description of his 1892 railroad journey to Sacramento. In 1894, Howland is living in Spokane, Washington and talks of mining prospects. In 1896, Howland is mining in Troy, Idaho, and in 1897, he is mining in Sylvanite, Montana. Besides mining and his life as a miner, Howland also lectures his son on the evil of alcohol, talks of sending for his son to join him, and asks about family and friends back in New Bedford. Two of these letters are incomplete.
mssHM 83122-83129
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A. E. Heald letters
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Four of the six letters are written by A. E. Heald and are addressed to his mother and sister. In his letters, which are written from Missoula, Montana and Evanston, Wyoming, Heald talks about working in the freight business, local coal mines as well as going to Ogden, Utah and witnessing Mormons celebrating Mormon Pioneer Day. The other two letters are written by a family member, A. D. Heald, and a family friend, Lucinda Thursten. The letter by A. D. Heald is written from Humbug, California, a mining town. In the letter he talks about mining, money that is due to him and his desire to leave California and return home. The letter by Lucinda Thursten is written from Plainview, Minnesota. In the letter she talks about the growth of the town, the agriculture of the area and the ill-health of her husband.
mssHM 71158-71163
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George Lundy Hunt papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists chiefly of letters to George Lundy Hunt from family and friends, with a few business letters, dating from 1864-1877. Subject matter includes life in Ontario, Canada, and in Victoria, British Columbia; history of the Cariboo Mining District of British Columbia; gold and copper mining in Calaveras County, California; and the Fenian Invasions of Canada from 1866-1870. Also included is Hunt's diary for the year 1867, when he was in the mining town of Campo Seco, California, and a few pieces of manuscript fragments, legal documents, and ephemera.
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N. S. C. Clowes. To Margaret Hunt
Manuscripts
The collection consists chiefly of letters to George Lundy Hunt from family and friends, with a few business letters, dating from 1864-1877. Subject matter includes life in Ontario, Canada, and in Victoria, British Columbia; history of the Cariboo Mining District of British Columbia; gold and copper mining in Calaveras County, California; and the Fenian Invasions of Canada from 1866-1870. Also included is Hunt's diary for the year 1867, when he was in the mining town of Campo Seco, California, and a few pieces of manuscript fragments, legal documents, and ephemera.
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John Girdler letter to John Low and Hannah Low
Manuscripts
Captain Girdler wrote this letter to his sister and brother-in-law while on board the ship Vandalia in San Diego harbor. In the letter he describes agriculture, commerce, and the people in California. He also talks about his success at selling hides.
mssHM 68186
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Enoch Root letters
Manuscripts
The letters are addressed to several of Root's friends and family members while he was traveling around Europe (1858-1859), mining in Colorado (1862), and in the Union Army at Sulphur Springs, and Pilot Knob, Missouri (1863). In the letters Root talks about his travels throughout Switzerland and France, and impending war in Europe, and his experience in the mining town of Laurette, CO, now known as Buckskin Joe, CO. In the letters before he joined the U.S. army, Root often conveys his feelings about slavery and the Civil War; in the two letters after he joined the army, he talks about his experience as a soldier, although his regiment had yet to see action
mssHM 63411-63427