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The Emperor of San Francisco: a musical: script
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Franklin Walker page from San Francisco's literary frontier :
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One page from Franklin Walker's book San Francisco's literary frontier. Typewritten with handwritten corrections. The text relates to American writer Ambrose Bierce, Christianity, and the Chinese in San Francisco.
mssHM 84315
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Expediente or case file for Rancho San Pablo originally granted in 1823 by Governor Luís Antonio Argüello to Francisco María Castro, reconfirmed by Governor José Figueroa in 1834 to the heirs of Francisco Castro and claimed by Joaquín Ysidro Castro
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Expediente or case file for Rancho San Pablo originally granted in 1823 by Mexican governor of Alta California, Luís Antonio Argüello to Francisco María Castro, reconfirmed by Governor José Figueroa in 1834 to the heirs of Francisco Castro and claimed by Joaquín Ysidro Castro. The Rancho which was once part of the land belonging to the Mission Dolores, was a land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California encompassing the cities of Richmond, San Pablo, and Kensington. Includes signed statements by Joaquín Ysidro Castro, Agustín V. Zamorano, Francisco Maria Castro, Jose Figueroa, Francisco del Castillo Negrete, José María de Echeandía, and Santiago Arguello.
mssHM 18959
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San Francisco pharmacy album
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A bound volume containing over 2,400 manuscript prescriptions filled by an unidentified San Francisco pharmacy. The dated and numbered prescriptions are mounted on both sides of each page, with approximately seven to nine prescriptions per page; the prescriptions are written on various billheads or plain paper issued by many different physicians. The prescriptions provide information about the doctors, surgeons, pharmacists, druggists, and patients in San Francisco during the latter part of the 19th century; among the drugs prescribed are cocaine, morphine, opium, and literally hundreds of other compounds and simples. There are a number of prescriptions written by women doctors, including Isabel Lowry, who studied medicine in Paris with her twin sister Agnes, and Tey Watanabe, who was a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, the first Japanese physician licensed in California. With contemporary half morocco and cloth covered boards; the pages in the volume are heavily foxed with considerable oxidation on acid paper. The spine has perished, the rear cover is detached, and the front cover is mostly detached; the pages, however, remain bound and can be easily turned, although the binding is tight in several places.
mssHM 84058
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San Francisco
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3 items: booklet of reprints from San Francisco News, 1920s(?) "Old San Francisco--a Beautiful, Romantic, Historic Picture Story of 'The City' -reprinted from The News" ; copy of editorial cartoon, LAT, 8/10/1933, "Wake up, Miss Los Angeles!" ; handwritten note - "See 'Labor' for edit. on S.F. vs. L.A. in labor 8/30/33..."
mssLAT
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Deed for land in San Francisco
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This manuscript is a deed for several lots of land in the city of San Francisco, California, being sold to Eugene Lemuel Sullivan by Robert J. Van De Water.
mssHM 19345
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William H. Dougal journal of a voyage from New York to San Francisco
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This manuscript describes the journey of William H. Dougal, an engraver and artist, who traveled from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn in 1849, as a passenger aboard the ship "Galindo." Much of the seabound content concerns the weather. Dougal goes ashore in Chile on November 17 and describes the land and its people. He is particularly impressed with the horsemanship of the Chileans. The final date listed is November 22, where Dougal reports the ship is eight miles from San Francisco. Published as "Off for California" (RB 277286), of which this manuscript appears to be a printer's copy. Typescript from original held by San Mateo Historical Society. Includes 20 photographs of drawings by the author, some with typewritten captions on verso, and a seven-page typescript likely intended to be included in the published version.
mssHM 50579