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George C. Pardee letter to the Reverend Lawrence F. Bower
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George C. Pardee letter to Lewis Francis Byington
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Letter is a response to numerous letters sent by Byington, the former was District Attorney of San Francisco, who asked that Docia Nolan, a woman convicted of robbery be pardoned since one Henry Milton made a confession exonerating her and Michael Dolan for any participation of the crime. Governor Pardee requests Byington's opinion on the guilt of Docia Nolan and further requests that he send a resume of the evidence upon which she was convicted. Letter is signed in manuscript on Executive Department, State of California, Sacramento letterhead. Enclosed with the letter is a 2 page typewritten copy of Henry Milton's confession.
mssHM 29254
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George C. (George Clement) Perkins letter to Lawrence F. Bower
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Perkins apologizes for the delay in addressing Mr. Bower's request, but he has been "greatly pressed with business by reason of the long sessions of the Senate." He hopes that Mr. Bower will accept the enclosed photograph. No photograph is included.
mssHM 21316
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George Cooper Pardee letter to "Miss Bovyer,"
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Letter sent by George Cooper Pardee while he was attending medical school in Leipzig, Germany, in 1882. Pardee writes of various friends from U.C. Berkeley, who he calls the "'79ers." He relates news of their various jobs, political positions, and experiences in Alaska, the Carolinas, Colombia, and elsewhere. Although he mentions most of his friends by last name only, there are references to John Hoffman Wheeler, Joe Scotchler, Morse, Kelsey, Cougdon, Rothchild, Dorn, Campbell , and Clowes, among others. Included with the letter is an autograph card by Pardee.
mssHM 27916
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Stephen Mallory White letter to Lawrence F. Bower
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White informs Bower that he currently has no photograph, but one could be had from "Bell, the photographer of this city." On letterhead of the United States Senate. Typed letter, signed by hand. Includes clipping with photograph of White.
mssHM 21327
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Thomas R. Bard letter to Rev. Lawrence F. Bower
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Letter from Thomas R. Bard on United States Senate letterhead to the Reverend Lawrence F. Bower answering a query as to when he took his seat in the Senate. Included is a contemporary newspaper clipping about the Senator and a mounted photograph.
mssHM 21326
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Robert Whitney Waterman letter to William Buel Franklin and autographed photograph
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HM 21322 is a letter to General Franklin, written on December 3, 1890. Waterman enclosed receipts for $5,125 of aid to Veterans Home at Yountville, and writes that "with this ceases my officials acts as Governor of California." He informs Franklin that his successor, H. H. Markham, will be inaugurated on January 8, 1891. HM 21323, dated December 6, 1890, contains an autographed photograph of Waterman and an autographed note bearing the words "Business before Pleasure." The recipient of both is not indicated. The letter and the note are written on pages with printed letterhead of the Executive Department of the State of California.
mssHM 21322-21323