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Charley Wittemann letter to Adolph Wittemann
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William Spencer letter to Adolph Sutro
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In his letter, William Spencer talks about finding land for the University of California, San Francisco.
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Manuscript and letters of Louis-Adolphe Bertillon
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The manuscript, entitled "Questions de démographie et correspondence avec Bertillon père," appears to contain problems related to demographic statistics by mathematician E. Bernes. It appears that Bertillon was seeking the assistance of a mathematician to review and possibly correct the articles he was writing for Le dictionnaire encyclopedique des sciences medicales. Some of the problems discussed include formula of survival such as calculation of the population after births and deaths and the probability of death of an individual for a given age at a determined time. He also writes of the statistical significance of marriage and response to criticism by fellow French statistician Irénée-Jules Bienaymé. There are five loose items in the manuscript, including one graph. There are also four letters: three by Louis-Adolphe and one by his son Jacques, all addressed to E. Bernes. The items are all in French.
mssHM 78315-78319
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Philip Deidesheimer letter to Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro
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Letter from Philip Deidesheimer in Virginia City, Nevada, to Adolph Sutro. Deidesheimer writes of his desire to see Sutro and asks him to come back to Virginia City as soon as he can. He also writes of the mines in Nevada, including that "there is mutiny near" at the Ophir Mine. He also writes that he hopes to be made one of the Sutro Tunnel Commissioners, of his invention of the timbering system, that he "never dreamed" of patenting the system "until of late," and asks Sutro to inquire into patenting the design for him, noting that "if I could yet get a patent it would bring me an income of at least one million...dollars a year."
mssHM 29230
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Charles A. Sumner letter to Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro
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Sumner writes of the 1862 efforts of Jacob Beideman of "defending his large real estate property rights in this city by a newspaper," and describes the results. Sumer writes of the political efforts of his group: "We saved every homestead in the city" from what he calls "an organized party of scoundrels; chief among them were the newspaper manipulators." With a brief printed biography of Sumner.
mssHM 26264
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Adolph Ahrens letter
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Baltimore. On verso: autograph note on Woman by Lieber.
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Autograph Note by Adolph von Steinwehr
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Autograph note reads, "Respectfully forwarded approved." Signed by Adolph von Steinwehr.
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