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Bertrand Russell letter to Harry R. Major
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J.F. Stacy letter to J.A. Stacy
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In this letter addressed to "Father and Mother," J.F. Stacy writes that he is in Los Angeles, working for a company involved with mining operations. He considers his prospects favorable, and thinks he may stay longer than his initial two years. Includes two copies of facsimile of letter.
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Cornelius Cole letter to "Friend Avery,"
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In this brief note to the otherwise unidentified "Friend Avery," Cole writes that he has sent some papers that "may serve as a memorandum for Mrs. O." He is unsure if "pension was obtained" but "Mr. Olmstead will know." Signed "C. Cole."
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Edwin Littlefield letter to Alvah Littlefield
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Edwin Littlefield writes that he has arrived safely in San Francisco. He has received the cargo, and thinks it will be suitable for the current market, despite his opinion that "the majority of people here have left their honor & principles at home."
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Edward Robeson Taylor letter to Mr. Prang
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In this letter to Mr. Prang written on letterhead of the Mayor's Office, City and County of San Francisco, Taylor thanks Prang for his kind birthday letter. He thinks the mayoral election on November 5, 1907 will go well, as he believes that the people seem to be for him while all the politicians are not. Taylor asks Prang to remember him to his wife and says that he is sending a copy of his selected poems that were published on the anniversary of the fire.
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Sceptical essays
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"This volume beings with an essay on 'The Value of Scepticism,' and all its seventeen essays have this in common, that they advocate a considerable degree of scepticism. The earlier essays give in popular form scientific and philosophical reasons for an undogmatic attitude in all departments of knowledge. Then there is a group of essays setting out the moral and ethical advantages of a realization that our beliefs are all subject to error. The third group applies scepticism to politics; while the last essay in the volume suggests--though with due scepticism--certain things likely to happen in politics, economics, family life, art, and literature, if our industrial society develops without a cataclysm"--From dust jacket.
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James Buchanan, Senate Chamber, Washington, D.C., letter to Charles Pascall :
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Buchanan writes that he has received the memorials from the saddlers and harness makers of Philadelphia but that the Senate is prohibited by the constitution from originating any bill to increase duties on foreign imports. He thinks it would advisable that the memorials or a portion of them be presented in the House, where bills must originate.
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