Manuscripts
Dennis Gabor letters
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Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia, letter to Miss Brookes
Manuscripts
Letter signed. Thanking her for interest and assistance for expedition. In hand of and postscript by Thomas Orde-Lees; on Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition letterhead. (1 page)
mssShapiro
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Orville Wright letters
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First letter: signed letter by Orville Wright to Italian-born US aviation enthusiast and magazine publisher Henry Woodhouse (1915, July 22 - on The Wright Company letterhead, Dayton) regarding visiting Woodhouse in New York that next week. HM 79892
mssHM 79892-79893
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Charles P. Steinmetz letters
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Letter by Steinmetz to J. S. Van Bylevelt regarding graduate engineering education in Germany and the United States (1909, October 26). With envelope. Written on General Electric Company letterhead. HM 79881.
mssHM 79881-79883
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Dennis Searles letter to Carrie Searles
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The letter, which was written by Dennis Searles in San Francisco and addressed to his sister Carrie, discusses the Searles' mines and a mill that they are building. Dennis mentions that John "left for the mines about three weeks ago," and was doing well. Dennis also talks about their frustration in business and their recent purchases of new mining equipment. Dennis signed the letter "John and Dennis Searles."
mssHM 66766
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Albion C. Sweetser letters to Alvah Littlefield and A. Blood
Manuscripts
In these three letters, dated 1850, June 16 (HM 4167), June 28 (HM 4168), and July 12 (HM 4169), Albion Sweetser writes of various business dealings with Mr. Littlefield and Mr. Blood, particularly of the delivery of packages and bills. In HM 4167, Sweetser mentions a "great fire" at San Francisco that caused millions of dollars in property damage. HM 4168 finds Sweetser engaged in the construction of a three-story church building of his own design, located in Sacramento. Sweetser reports in HM 4169 that he has opened the firm of Sweetser & Pratt, architect and builder, though proper building material is scarce.
mssHM 4167-4169
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Toby Dick
Manuscripts
Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Toby Dick, encouraging him to come to California to seek a professorship at a college or university.
mssHM 29250