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William J. Lilly letters to family
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Othelia Lilly autograph poems
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Six autograph poems: Concert Pianist ; On the Spinning Wheel of Time ; I Taste Oyster Fog ; Slow Ballet ; Frolicsome and Fierce ; Pollution Savior. Poems were copied out and signed by Lilly, also includes 1975-1976 publication information for each poem; with envelope, postmarked Berkeley, Calif.
mssHM 83569
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William J. Howard letters
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The seven letters, which are all addressed to William J. Howard, are written by Patrick Edward Connor, William Proctor Hughey, James Mason Hutchings, and John Ricketson. The letters by Patrick Edward Connor, who was also a California Ranger, discuss Harry Love and the act that was passed May 13, 1854 giving Captain Love his reward money for killing Murieta. William Hughey's letter (1879, June 16) discusses Denis Kearney, the Workingmen's Party of California, and the state constitutional convention of 1878. James Mason Hutchings' three letters (1879) are about tourism in the Yosemite Valley, the Yosemite commission, and the state constitution. John Ricketson's letter (1879, Feb. 27) discusses land in Sonora, Mexico
mssHM 65969-65975
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J. I. Stickney letter to his family
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In this letter to his wife and daughters, J.I. Stickney writes of his at the busy port of San Francisco after five months at sea. He is particularly taken with the variety and number of people in the city.
mssHM 4164
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J. I. Stickney letter to his family
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In this letter addressed to his wife and daughters, J.I. Stickney gives his observations of the business and customs of the people of California, as well as personal details of individuals he has met or heard of, and a description of San Francisco and its inhabitants. Incomplete; first four pages of letter only.
mssHM 4170
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William W. Bolster diary and photograph album
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Bolster's diary (55 pages) begins July 15, 1899, as he left Maine for his trip West. He arrived in Sioux Falls January 21. Bolster gives detailed accounts of his travels though the Black Hills, and Badlands of South Dakota, including visits to Interior, Farmingdale, Rapid City, Spearfish, and Deadwood. Bolster also talks a lot about the people his group met along the way including a drunk cowboy who shot up a saloon and "Hank Clifford and his Indian wife." He also describes his experience in a cattle stampede and troubles with the covered wagon. There is a typed transcript of the diary. HM 81276
mssHM 81276-81277
Letter from Thomas Greenough to John Greenough
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A sharply worded letter in which Thomas Greenough rebukes his his son John, ( who had been caught selling two chests of English tea) for causing "an alienation of affection between brethren" and lecturing him on the nature of civil government.
mssHM 70282