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Émile Zola letter to George Moore

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    Thomas Moore letter to James Carpenter

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    A.L.S. from Thomas Moore to James Carpenter; the letter is only dated "Wednesday" so the date is derived from the postmark "C / 11 MA 11 / 1814".

    mssHM 80303

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    Walter Moore Leman letters to Nathan Porter

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    Three letters sent by Walter Moore Leman from California and Nevada to Nathan Porter between 1870 and 1871. The first letter, sent from San Juan, California, asks Porter for a monetary loan since the traveling theatre is not as successful as Leman had hoped. The second letter was sent from Virginia City, Nevada, and describes the theatre's travels and success in Nevada, and a sketch of a "Washoe Canary" driven by "John Chinaman." The final letter, dated 1871, describes the experiences of Leman's son Walter, who had to cancel a sea voyage due to illness.

    mssHM 48447-48449

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    John B. Wilson letter to Emma Moore Wilson

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    Letter from John Bordeaux Wilson to his mother Emma Moore Wilson, written shortly after Wilson had joined the engineering corps of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1868. In the letter, written at Fort Sanders, Dakota Territory, Wilson writes of his dissatisfaction with being removed from Colonel Joseph Opdyke Hudnutt's company and placed instead with a Mr. Lawrence's party, which he writes will "operate much further west" than the other and work east for 250 or 300 miles from the Green River until they meet the other parties. He notes that Colonel Hudnutt's party was headed for the North Platte while John O'Neill's party would work at Medicine Bow, and gives a description of the various supplies carried by each party. The remainder of the letter describes Wilson's attempts to stay warm in his tent and the meals that he has been given. With envelope, marked "Union Pacific Railway Company, Engineer's Office, Fort Sanders - Dakota."

    mssHM 74318

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    Julia Moore indictment

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    This indictment is a charge of murder against Julia Moore, of Nevada County, California, who caused the death of a pregnant woman named Lucy E. Nuttall. The accusation is as follows: "[Moore] did feloniously, unlawfully and of her malice aforethought make a violent assault...and there did violently, wound, bruise and ill treat, and a certain instrument made of silver or other metal, and in the shape and form of a hook, the said Julia Moore, the said instrument up and into the womb and body of the said Lucy E. Nuttall...to cause and procure the said Lucy E. Nuttall to miscarry, abort and bring forth the said child." Both the baby and Lucy E. Nuttall died.

    mssHM 68279

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    Joseph Campbell letter to "Dear Mr. Griffis,"

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    This letter is chiefly about the Irish writer Joseph Campbell (1879-1944). Campbell does talk a little about some of his own publications and writing. Mr. Griffis had gotten the two authors confused. The letter was written in New York City.

    mssHM 78349

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    Samuel Preston Moore requisitions

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    The group of documents includes five special requisition forms for supplies for the Army General Hospital in Camargo, Mexico. They are signed by Army surgeon Samuel P. Moore (one is by Army surgeon Alexander Macrae). They were all received by Captain George H. Crosman, Assistant Quartermaster. There is also a letter by Army Surgeon David Camden DeLeon, written from Mexico City, inquiring about a lost trunk that "was left in the room next to the one occupied by General Scott...when they were at the Brazos."

    mssHM 74834-74839