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Frederick Billings letters to Solomon Foot
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Billings writes that he would consider the vacant law commissioner office of the Southern District of California (HM 20713, written 1851, December 15 in San Francisco), and asks Foot to impress that he would be for Vermont, though he believes he has lived in California long enough to be called a Californian. He writes further of the open office (HM 20714, 1851, December 31, from San Francisco), saying that he would be gratified by the appointment, but does not want "to exhibit too much anxiety for any political office." In HM 20715, written 1862, March 10 in New York, Billings is leaving for California with his wife, and asks Foot to communicate with several mutual friends, including Hiram Barney and Samuel Ford.
mssHM 20713-20715
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Samuel Hopkins Willey letter to Miss Lord
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Letter from Samuel Hopkins Willey to a Miss Lord, sent from San Francisco. In the hastily written letter Willey writes that he has put up "articles of my soliciting" and that he has mislaid a prospectus and would like to be sent another copy. He also writes that "it is very hard for me in the press of care to do work for this school."
mssHM 73058
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William Hobart Hare letter to Edward Abbott
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Letter from William Hobart Hare in Boston, probably written to Edward Abbott. Hare, who was traveling from New York with his brother-in-law, writes that he may not arrive in Cambridge until just before a planned meeting. He also writes that he would be glad to stay with Abbott after the meeting. Includes a printed photograph of Hare.
mssHM 29237
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Hazard Stevens letter to Allen H. Bent
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In this letter written at Phoenix, Arizona to Allen H. Bent, Librarian of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Stevens notes receipt of Bent's letter requesting a photograph for the next publication of Appalachian. Stevens writes that he has written his sister to send him the photo and would appreciate a copy of the magazine, for which he will pay.
mssHM 29263
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William Boyd Allison letter to Stilson Hutchins
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Allison writes that he would appreciate Hutchins' attention to the personal matter of Albert H. Scott.
mssHM 29216
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Eben Chapman letter to Eben Hunt
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Chapman writes that he has heard no news from home, and that a bank draft he sent to his wife was returned. He has found gold in California but not as much as he expected. Of California, he writes, "For the timid here is no place, he that would do well here must have courage," and describes the many plights of the miner. he also asks for Hunt's help regarding a debt owed him.
mssHM 4196