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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Letter book of Cleophas J. Moross
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- Description
- The letter book contains typescripts of Cleophas' letters to his parents from 1904 to 1907 (the letters are bound out of order). He writes from Denver, Colorado; Spokane, and Rosalia, Washington; Post Falls, Idaho; Ogden, Utah; Portland and Pendleton, Oregon; San Francisco (after the earthquake), San Jose, Los Angeles and Fullerton, California; Hot Springs, Arkansas; Fort Worth, and San Antonio, Texas; and Monterrey, Mexico. In his letters he talks about the activities he does in each city; the work he does to earn money (he spends some time working with the Coeur D'Alene and Spokane Railroad and at a grocery store in Fullerton); relatives he visits; and the weather and geography of each location. He also talks more specifically about the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City; the Sidney Sloane murder case in Spokane as well as Indians he sees in Washington; the conditions of San Francisco since the 1906 earthquake; and his visit to the Alamo. In a letter dated 1906, August 18, Cleophas writes "I have fallen in love with the West since I have been here and I think it is the only place." He urges his parents to sell their property in Michigan and come West as well. With the letter book is a letter written by his brother Harry to their parents, Christmas 1896, and newspaper clippings about the drowning of both Harry and Cleophas.
