G. Cleveland letters to Mary Cleveland | Collections | The Huntington

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Daniel Cleveland manuscripts
Manuscripts
The three items include: a 19-page letter by Cleveland to J. Ross Browne, US Minister to China, regarding the Chinese in California (1868, July 27); a 476-page handwritten manuscript entitled "The Chinese in California," written in 1868-1869; and a typed manuscript entitled "San Diego Sixty Years Ago" written circa 1929. Both the letter and manuscript regarding Chinese in California are about the history of Chinese immigration to California, their social and domestic lives, their religion, education, missionaries work with the Chinese, their role in the California Gold Rush and the building of railroads and the various California laws regarding Chinese immigrants and Chinese women. The manuscript about San Diego covers the history of San Diego after its settlement. Cleveland talks about "Old Town," San Diego founder Alonzo Horton, the city's development, the landscape of the area, and the native peoples in the vicinity.
mssHM 72175-72177
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Grover Cleveland message to the Senate, Washington, D.C. :
Manuscripts
Handwritten draft of published message to the U.S. Senate regarding "An Act to restore a pension to Harriet M. Knowlton" (Senate Bill No. 719), which Cleveland does not approve. Item is attached to typescript letter signed from D.R. Francis, Department of the Interior, to Grover Cleveland, 1897 February 24; an undated typescript copy of the bill; and published copies of the House and Senate reports on the bill. Also included is a cartoon of Cleveland with handwritten notes on the reverse. Published version of Cleveland's message is dated March 1, 1897. Harriet M. Knowlton was the widow of a Civil War soldier who had remarried and then divorced, and was seeking to restore her previous pension.
mssHM 2043
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Grover Cleveland, Buffalo, letter to A.P. Nichols, Albany :
Manuscripts
Writing in the capacity of sheriff of Buffalo, Cleveland inquires about forms or instructions for billing expenses to the state. On Sheriff's Office, Erie County letterhead.
mssHM 23457
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Grover Cleveland, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., letter to V.W. Foster, Chicago :
Manuscripts
Cleveland thanks Foster for the letters and clippings; he expresses government support for citizens "who deem themselves in danger from the indians," and states it is "not remiss in efforts for their protection." Includes stamped and addressed envelope.
mssHM 15548
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Grover Cleveland, Washington, D.C., appointment to John B. Coyle :
Manuscripts
Appointment of John B. Coyle as Second Assistant Engineer in the Revenue Service of the United States. Signed by President Grover Cleveland and by Acting Secretary of the Treasury Hugh S. Thompson. Printed form, filled in.
mssHM 48300
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Angus G. McAllister letters to Agnes McArdle
Manuscripts
A series of letters written by Angus McAllister after he relocated from California to the small community of Paisley, in south central Lake County, Oregon. The letters are written to his future wife, Agnes McArdle, who was living in Tuolumne County, California. In the letters, McAllister writes about the variety of jobs he is doing (hauling lumber, ranching, cattle driving), weather, town dances, memories of his Tuolumne friends, and his desire to return to Agnes.
mssHM 83877-83885