Manuscripts

C.E. Pickett letter to "Dear Crawford," : Tumwater, Wash

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Description: Letter from C.E. Pickett, a Washington miner, requesting the assistance of Crawford with some business and personal matters. These matters include clearing debts, requests for personal items and new goods, and other monetary concerns. Pickett also briefly describes his activities in Tumwater, Washington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1845, February 18.
Call number: mssHM 70162
Creator: Pickett, C. E(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of F. Lockley, Apr. 1945.
Dimensions: 25 cm
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Charles E. (Charles Edward) Pickett letter to Medorem Crawford

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Mr. Pickett informs Mr. Crawford that he will be arriving soon, and wishes his horses to not be disposed of, especially the mare. He also asks for potatoes and a few bushels of oats. Corner of letter missing.

mssHM 16376

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Charles E. Pickett letter to Thomas Hinckley Thompson

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In this letter, Pickett is alerting Thompson to an article recently published about Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Pickett asks Thompson to include it in the next issue of the Sonoma Democrat (the newspaper published by Thompson). Pickett also talks about Vallejo's candidacy for presidential elector on the Democratic ticket and the Democratic party's state convention in California.

mssHM 68342

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John D. Crawford letter to Medorem Crawford

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In this letter to his brother, John D. Crawford asks for as many blankets as possible to be sent to California, for they are sorely needed, and also includes a few details of other business and debts.

mssHM 31266

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Elijah White letter to Medorem Crawford

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Mr. White informs Mr. Crawford that the "Panama or Masset land route" is open and relatively safe, and speaks of other personal and family matters.

mssHM 31277

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Medorem Crawford letter to "Dear Grandfather,"

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In this letter to his otherwise unnamed grandfather, Medorem Crawford writes about his experience aboard the military barque "Torrent" en route from Fort Vancouver "on which our Battery was embarked." The ship wrecked, and Crawford endeavored to "save as many of the one hundred and sixty people aboard as possible." Once gaining shore in Alaska at Fort Kodiak, Crawford writes that "we are about as poor as poverty can make us" and that "this is a miserably poor country fit for nothing but the furs which abound here." In addition, he writes that "one of the greatest objections I have to the country is that there are from ten to a dozen earthquakes here every year. Caused by two active volcanoes which are within a hundred & fifty miles of here."

mssHM 31268

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A.G. Henry letter to Medorem Crawford

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A. G. Henry discusses mutual business colleague Mr. Sparks, whom Crawford has claimed "has rendered himself too obnoxious to retain his position, and any effort to retain him will injure his friends." However, he also writes of a "wicked conspiracy" with the intent "of depreciating my character & influence both in the Territory and here in Washington." He goes on to say that he has found "letters and petitions charging me with dishonesty, incompetency, and Dysloyalty" that he claims are "officially endorsed" by "prominent Citizens."

mssHM 31273

C.E. Pickett letter to "Dear Crawford," : Tumwater, Wash

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