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Mrs. John Barton McDougal letters from American politicians
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John McDougal letter to John C. Hays
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McDougal requests that Hays recruit a volunteer force of one hundred men to counter aggressive behavior of Indians near San Diego. The Indians have assembled in large numbers, and "have assumed a hostile and menacing attitude." Signature may not be McDougal's.
mssHM 20173
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John C. Gowan letter to William Barton
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An autograph letter written and signed by John C. Gowan from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico to William Barton in Providence, Rhode Island in early 1888. The letter contains important observations on the development of southern California and northern Mexico. Gowan writes of the temperate climate and how it helped with his chronic medical condition; he also goes on at length about the business opportunities in southern California, particularly Pasadena. He relays news of the church he and his congregation built in Baja California, and that it is slowly growing; Gowan also provides details about the fertile land and the crops which were grown in the area. He describes the United States business development by the International Company of Mexico and the plans to build railroads, roads, and telegraph lines. The letter has a small hole burned into the second page but overall it is in good condition.
mssHM 84049
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Letter. To Mr. and Mrs. John C. Packard. From WGM
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, photographs and clippings related to the life and political career of William Gibbs McAdoo. Much of the McAdoo correspondence deals with his public appearances and engagements as a U.S. senator and also his failed attempt at re-election in 1938. Also of interest is McAdoo's involvement with the first Pan-American flight in 1936 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign trip to California in July 1938. There are also materials related to McAdoo's involvement with the Liberty Bond Act during World War I and the construction and management of the Hudson River Tunnels.
mssMcAdoo papers
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Letter. To Mrs. John Jones. From WGM
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, photographs and clippings related to the life and political career of William Gibbs McAdoo. Much of the McAdoo correspondence deals with his public appearances and engagements as a U.S. senator and also his failed attempt at re-election in 1938. Also of interest is McAdoo's involvement with the first Pan-American flight in 1936 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign trip to California in July 1938. There are also materials related to McAdoo's involvement with the Liberty Bond Act during World War I and the construction and management of the Hudson River Tunnels.
mssMcAdoo papers
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E. F. Spence letters
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In these four letters, prominent Los Angeles area businessmen (Edward F. Spence, L. J. Rose, and E. L. Watkins of the San Gabriel Wine Co.) are suggesting two men to be the Notary Public of Los Angeles. The letters are addressed to California governors George Stoneman and Robert Waterman.
mssHM 72608-72611
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Letters of John Fiske as joint editor of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
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97 letters. 88 letters are addressed to James Grant Wilson, editor, four to Rossiter Johnson, and three to J. W. Weidemeyer. The collection also contains one letter each from Octavius B. Frothingham and Alice A. Gray to Fiske.
HM 24781-24877