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H. A. Parker pocket letter book

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Description: H.A. Parker wrote this letter from San Francisco, California to his mother over several days from April 25-27, 1853. The letter is in a letter book and is comprised of 40 pages. He wrote in detail about a visit to Chinatown with friends, including the fishing industry. He described the Chinese community, the climate, and his living arrangements. Written in a Gregory's Express Pocket Letter Book, glossy printed wrappers.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1853 April 25-27.
Call number: mssHM 75845
Creator: Parker, H.A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from The Wayfarer's Bookshop, April 2019.

Jefferson Martenet pocket letter book

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This "Gregory's Pocket Letter Book" contains two letters written by "Jefferson," probably Jefferson Martenet. The first is a 19-page letter to "Dear Mother," dated 1853, December 14. Jefferson wrote his entries from Harbaugh Camp. In the book, Jefferson details a lost love and reflects on his change of heart with regard to marriage and courtship. The writer also discusses a severed business partnership and plans for moving to a new camp, then ends with words of affection for friends and family at home. The last 19 pages of the notebook is a letter by Jefferson to "Dear Bill," also dated 1853, December 14, and signed "Jeff."

mssHM 83420

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Letters

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Letters are written in a Gregory's Express pocket letter book; with typed transcript

mssHM 61149

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Willaim T. Reynolds letter to Mrs. William T. Reynolds

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Letter was written in a Gregory's Express pocket letter book, printed in 1851. Reynolds describes San Francisco and the recent activites of the vigilance committee in the city. He also discusses the possibility of his wife traveling to San Francisco to join him and how she may obtain money through the offices of Page, Bacon & Co

mssHM 56914

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Letter and notes of Charles Lyell

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The letter by Lyell is to an unknown addressee ("Sir") and is dated 1866, October 15, and was written from London. In this letter he is talking about a new, 10th edition of his book Principles of geology that is going to be released soon. He also mentions his "amended climate theory." HM 79867.

mssHM 79867-79868

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George Gibbs letter to Parker Cleaveland

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In this 1811 letter, George Gibbs writes about his collection to Parker Cleaveland, professor of Chemistry at Bowdoin College. Gibbs announces in this letter his discovery of "the first cristal [sic] in a meteoric stone". The only remaining specimen of the Weston meteorite is in the "Gibbs Cabinet" at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History. In 1816, Cleaveland wrote the first American textbook on mineralogy and geology; he is considered by many to be the father of American mineralogy. In 1822, the mineral gibbsite was named in honor of George Gibbs.

mssHM 82987

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B. M. Crenshaw letter

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B. M. Crenshaw of Chandler, Arizona, wrote this letter to B. M. Stanley of Tucson, Arizona, advising him on all things related to growing grapes including planting, irrigating, and the success of different grape types in the Arizona climate.

mssHM 68273

H. A. Parker pocket letter book

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