Manuscripts
Francis Johnston letterbooks
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Brock Collection: Correspondence of Peyton Johnston
Manuscripts
Chiefly letters to Peyton Johnston from his Irish relatives
mssBR Box 104
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Sir Francis Walsingham letterbook
Manuscripts
Copies of Walsingham's official correspondence during his embassy to France.
mssHM 416
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Frances Benjamin Johnston Photograph Collection
Visual Materials
The Huntington's collection of Johnston photographs covers her D.C. career, mainly in the 1890s. Johnston herself described the collection as "portraits of famous men and women and historic events ... through the administrations of Benj. Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft." The focus is largely on D.C. socialites, diplomats, Presidents, senators, reformers, Supreme Court justices, artists, authors, Confederacy officers, etc. Also included are series of views of Washington's embassies (largely interior shots), legations, and famous residences Johnston photographed for Demorest's family magazine. The remainder of the collection includes, among other items, copies of Mathew Brady's daguerreotypes that belonged to the War Dept., treaties and other official documents from the State Dept. Archives, Lincoln ephemera intended to illustrate Ida Tarbell's Life of Lincoln, and views of the Bell telephone
photCL 352
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Francis Augustus Bishop papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, and documents, including 54 volumes (31 diaries, 2 letter books, and various account books), and 2 maps related to the life and activities of engineer Francis Augustus Bishop. Subject matter includes the Placerville and Sacramento Railroad (1865-1877), the California and Nevada Railroad (1881-1882), and various water and hydraulic mining companies in the Placerville, California, area between 1853 and 1855. There are two documents which deal with the Lander Wagon Road Survey of 1857.
mssBP
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Charles A. Thackston letterbook
Manuscripts
Letterbook of outgoing letters sent by San Francisco merchant Charles A. Thackston from May 15, 1852, to February 13, 1853. Most of the correspondence relates to Thackston's business contacts in New York, and references shipping, power of attorney, and notes on various residents of San Francisco. Some of the correspondence appears to be personal, possibly written to Thackston's brother. In a bound letterbook labeled "Leonora Thackston, Scrap Book, 1870."
mssHM 75059
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James Franklin Burns reminiscences
Manuscripts
Burns details his move from Michigan to California in 1853. He also discusses his time as L.A. Chief of Police and County Sheriff including crimes that were committed while he held these positions and criminals he helped prosecute. Burns also talks about his actions during the 1871 Chinese Massacre in Chinatown and politics in California and Los Angeles.
mssHM 66765