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Edward Everett Hale letter to John S. Lockwood

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Description: The letter reads: "My dear Mr. Lockwood, I can do nothing about this until I can see people, which will not happen for a month to come. I will then do my best." The addressee is probably John S. Lockwood, formerly of the publishing company Lockwood, Brooks & Co. The letter is written on "Lend a Hand Monthly" letterhead, although the letter was written from Matunuck, Rhode Island.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1894, July 11.
Call number: mssHM 79208
Creator: Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In Library.

The life and letters of Edward Everett Hale

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George Ellary Hale letter to Seth Barnes Nicholson

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This autograph letter, written by George Ellery Hale to Seth Barnes Nicholson, concerns Nicholson's employment at the Mount Wilson Observatory and an eclipse. He expresses, "...I sincerely hope you may see your way clear to stay with us. We can certainly give you better facilities for research than you could get elsewhere, and you may also count on an adequate increase in salary." This letter was written in Florence, Italy.

mssHM 83603

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Charles A. Magnuson letter to Miss Kneebone

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This letter was written by Charles A. Magnuson to Miss Kneebone, a friend, living in Butte, Montana. He describes his experiences in Alaska, including the weather, landscape, mail delivery, and arrivals and departures of ships. Magnuson arrived in Nome less than a month ago and started working immediately: "This is the busy season here, and I have been working every day and evening since I stepped ashore. However, the rush will be over in a few days...then we will be dead to the outside world for about seven months." He describes the last frontier as being bleak: "I have not had much opportunity to see the country as yet, but what I have seen is not a least bit inviting. Not a tree, or blade of grass...when the heavy snows come, they will hide all of this...nothing but snow, snow, snow."

mssHM 80840

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S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley letter to Henry S. Mackintosh

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This letter was written by Langley to Henry S. Mackintosh, an American teacher and author. It is on Smithsonian Institution letterhead. The letter reads as follows: "I am very glad to see your hand again, and perhaps I can best answer your inquiry by enclosing you a copy of a report from the Administrative Assistant in the National Museum, in reference to the feathered cloak. If you wish anything more done through the Museum, let me know, though I rather think you would do quite as well with private parties. Very sincerely yours, S. P. Langley."

mssHM 80278

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T.M. Leung letter to Z.F. Nevius and Mrs. Nevius

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Dr. T. M. Leung addresses this letter to his "dear friends" Dr. Z. F. Nevius and Mrs. Nevius in San Francisco, California. Writing from Hong Kong, China, Leung begins by noting that their letter of last month has been received and expresses relief that they have finally written to him since his return to China. Leung hopes Nevius' drug business will "do as well as my drug store in Canton, for which has been paying 100% dividend per annum." Leung proceeds to explain that he is about "to take interest in a new [drug store] soon in the same city [Canton] for I believe that European drugs are becoming more and more in demand from now on." The letter is written on the letterhead of Canton-based Yan Sun Co. Ltd. (est. 1884), specializing in wholesale and retail of European drug and dental supplies; Leung appears to have been a distributor. Included: Original envelope and two business cards.

mssHM 75846

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R. A. Lockwood law license and letters

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This small group of items includes Lockwood's license to practice law in Indiana by the Indiana Supreme Court, a letter by Lockwood to George Wallace regarding the case of Fr?mont and Boggs vs. Merced Mining Co., and a letter by Felix Argenti, a California banker and member of the Committee of Vigilance, to George Wallace regarding Governor John G. Downey and requests for copies of land and patent documents.

mssHM 68410-68412

Edward Everett Hale letter to John S. Lockwood

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