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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
George B. Lingley letter to William Brown, James Whitcomb, and Jesse Bright
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Letter signed. HM 5304 in hand of Tench Tilghman (2 pages); HM 5305 in hand of Richard Kidder Meade, copy of first letter (1 page). Postscript on duplicate in hand of Tilghman: "The above is a Copy of a letter sent you yesterday, but that may have miscarried." Place name on second document given only as "headquarters."
HM 5304, HM 5305
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Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of John Laurens with postscript in hand of Alexander Hamilton. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
HM 5311
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In this letter to Judge Webster, Currey discusses the potential sale of "the property" in Oregon. He writes, "I trust some Republican will become the purchaser," and states he may be coming to Jacksonville soon to visit Webster.
mssHM 16547
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Letter from George Stoneman, Colonel and Brevet Major-General of the 21st U.S. Infantry at the Drum Barracks, California, to Ezra B. French, second auditor of the Treasury Department. The letter originally accompanied the bi-monthly return of deceased soldiers of the 21st Infantry for March and April 1870 (not enclosed). Also included are two additional sheets with the signature of George Stoneman.
mssHM 21340
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This collection contains 62 letters from twenty-six different authors, including Milton B. Stevens, C. K. Dixon and Byron Whitcomb, in mining camps and cities throughout Northern California illustrating aspects of the Gold Rush experience, chiefly from 1849-1864. Milton B. Stevens is the most prolific figure in this collection, as he wrote fifteen of the letters in the collection and was the addressee of twenty. There are, however, twenty-five other authors in these letters, including four women, two of them writing from California. Other significant authors in this collection are: Abbey Stevens (5 letters), Byron Whitcomb (7 letters), and C. K. Dixon (9 letters). The letters mention various mining camps throughout Northern California, such as Fosters Bar, Galena Hill, Murderers Bar, Pilot Hill, Salmon Falls, Weber Creek, and the Klamath River Valley mines. The letters illustrate several aspects of the Gold Rush experience: the journey to California through South America; life in California and the gold camps; gold discoveries, or the lack thereof; the techniques and equipment used in mining; loneliness and longing for home. The letters from Milton B. Stevens' mother tell of the experience of the miners' families back at home in the East. The letter dated 1954 was written by Stephen C. Lyon, who at one time owned the collection. Eighteen of the letters have handwritten or typed transcripts.
mssHM 59471-59532
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This letter, to an unknown addressee, is written on James' stationery, from Pasadena, California, June 5, 1920. It is a short note stating that he has been ill and is better and traveling to Salt Lake City "for a month of Mormon life." Included with the letter is an offprint of the article entitled "Charles F. Lummis: A Unique Literary Personage of Modern America," written by James (1912).
mssHM 82396