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Charles Kingsley letter to " My Dear Hughes,"

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    Charles Kingsley correspondence

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters written by Charles Kingsley to Dr. James Hunt (1833-1869), an ethnologist and writer on stammering. Kingsley consults Hunt about his own stuttering and describes its effects. Kingsley also discusses Darwin's evolutionary theory and his friendship with Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895). The collection also includes four letters from Kingsley's wife, Fanny Grenfell Kingsley, to James Hunt.

    mssHM 32204-32261

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    Charles Kingsley correspondence

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters written by Charles Kingsley to Dr. James Hunt (1833-1869), an ethnologist and writer on stammering. Kingsley consults Hunt about his own stuttering and describes its effects. Kingsley also discusses Darwin's evolutionary theory and his friendship with Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895). The collection also includes four letters from Kingsley's wife, Fanny Grenfell Kingsley, to James Hunt.

    mssHM 32204-32261

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    John Charles Frémont letter to Charles Edwards Lester

    Manuscripts

    Frémont informs Lester that he has just sent him an article titled "Conquest of California" which includes a sketch of Frémont. He hopes it will be of use to Lester's project.

    mssHM 21346

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    Lewis Granger letter to "Dear Father,"

    Manuscripts

    The author of this letter, writing to his father, Ralph Granger, in Ohio, describes his journey overland to southern California from Salt Lake City in the fall of 1849. He then comments at considerable length upon Los Angeles and the surrounding region with reference to climate, agriculture and opportunities for investment

    mssHM 58073

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    George F. Kent letters to "My Dear John," and "My Dear Cousin,"

    Manuscripts

    In the first letter to John R. French, George Kent discusses his admiration for the democratic spirit of the mining camps and comments on various social phenomena, expressing his distaste for gambling and his revulsion toward the recently passed fugitive slave law

    mssHM 57698-57699

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    Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Mr. Morrison

    Manuscripts

    Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Mr. Morrison, bookseller ordering four items from his catalog #48. Lummis advises him that he is going to print a reading list in his magazine on the subjects of "Indians, California, Mexico, and the like" and is advising women's clubs to form libraries and will refer them to two or three booksellers, asking Mr. Morrison to send his catalogs to those that "bite."

    mssHM 40684