Manuscripts
A. B. Chapman letter to "my dear wife,"
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I. Brearley letter to "my dear wife,"
Manuscripts
Letter from I. Brearley to his wife in Fullerton, California, written shortly after Brearley's arrival in Denver, Colorado. He writes of his ill health, describes the scenery of Denver, and alludes to the uncertainty of his finances.
mssHM 73693
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W. Albert Chapman letter
Manuscripts
In W. Albert Chapman's letter to Harvey Farrington, Jr., he describes his travels through Colorado, specifically Leadville, Cottonwood Springs, and Silver Cliff. Chapman goes into details of the silver mining in Leadville and the discovery of silver in Silver Cliff
mssHM 64147
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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
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Eben Chapman letters to Eben Hunt
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Chapman discusses the prices of goods and market conditions in San Francisco. He also writes of his own mining and farming prospects, and of other various business dealings. He also discusses the idea of slavery in California in HM 4199. HM 4198, dated July 1, 1852, is incomplete, consisting of only the first three pages. HM 4199 is dated July, 1852.
mssHM 4198-4199
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C.R. Chapman letters to Turbesé Lummis Fiske
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Two of the letters by Chapman to Fiske were written from his ranch near Mount Baldy. The other letter was written from the Lucky Seven Ranch, owned by F. D. McCulloch, and located outside of McDermitt, Nevada. In all three of the letters, Chapman discusses life on a ranch and gives details regarding dealing with cattle; he also gives descriptions of the staff of the Lucky Seven Ranch, and the town of McDermitt, Nevada.
mssHM 68148-68150
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Russel L. Tracy letter to Mark A. Chapman
Manuscripts
Collection consists of diaries and notebooks, correspondence, and legal and administrative records of the Chapman family from 1769 to 1936, especially William Wesley Chapman. Much of the material documents the family's history in Illinois in the mid-19th century. Several William Wesley Chapman items detail his travels to and from California on the overland Oregon Trail in 1849 and by sea from San Francisco via Nicaragua in 1850. Also present is an 1852 deed for land in Edwardsville, Illinois, with the secretarial signature of President Millard Fillmore.
HM 49274