Manuscripts

G. W. Buckmore letter to George Gaulet

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Description: In this letter, Buckmore talks a lot about the climate of California, his business, gold mining, crime in San Francisco, the deaths of some of his friends, and the lumber trade in California and Oregon. He also advises his friend to urge people to not come to California unless they have the means to survive.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1852, February 10.
Call number: mssHM 75095
Creator: Buckmore, G. W(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Fred Rouleau, March 7, 1977.
Dimensions: 25 cm :

Samuel W. Messerne letter

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In the letter, which is written from the mining town of Murderer's Bar and addressed to "Theodore," Messerne advises his friend not to come up to the Northern California mines unless he can find himself a good business partner; he also requests that he bring "some sulphur and cream of tarter."

mssHM 63814

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W. G. Winston letter to his mother, Mary H. Winston, Los Angeles, California

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Winston's letter covers a variety of topics, including emigration to California, the hard work required of the gold miners in the mines, the climate of Los Angeles, the admission of California into the Union, the question of extending slavery into California, the recent purchase of the Williams Rancho by the Mormons, and his living conditions in Los Angeles

mssHM 59835

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Charles W. Drury letters

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In the letters, Drury talks of gold mining and discoveries, the transcontinental railroad, shipping lines opening up travel to China and Australia, the Walker expedition of 1853 to Sonora, the future of Mexico and Hawaii as American territories, and California politics and climate.

mssHM 75088-75089

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Glenn W. Herrick letter to Anna C. Stryke

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In this letter, Glenn Herrick describes a trip to California and apologizes for not making it to Miss Stryke's home in Pasadena. He goes on to document a visit to Redondo Beach and Rose Hill in Southern California. He and his wife then traveled by train to San Jose. They traveled to Palo Alto to see Stanford University and had a chance meeting with David Starr Jordan with whom during a half hour chat "couldn't get away from his peace ideas." He entreats Miss Stryke to see the University and compares it with Cornell. They travel to San Francisco and find luxuriously apartments on Nob Hill only a block away from Leland Stanford's former residence. Mr. Herrick and his wife find San Francisco more interesting than Los Angeles, but much colder. He advises that when Miss Stryke visits San Francisco that she look for rooms West of Market Street. In closing, he apologizes for missing the visit in Pasadena.

mssHM 47535

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George S. Boutwell letter to Ebenezer R. Hoar

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In his letter addressed abolitionist Ebenezer Hoar, Boutwell writes that he is leaving for Maryland "to advocate emancipation ... I fear that slavery would survive if its fate depended upon the Executive and even upon Congress."

mssHM 81607

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William P. Reynolds letter to Edward J. Reynolds

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In this letter to his brother, W.P. Reynolds writes of his experiences driving cattle between San Francisco and Los Angeles. He says "the cattle market has never in my experience been so depressed in California as this year." He also comments on an "instrument" that Edward has apparently invented, and advises him to apply for a patent. He also writes of relatives and mutual acquaintances.

mssHM 4221

G. W. Buckmore letter to George Gaulet

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