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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
C. C. Felton cover of letter to George B. Emerson
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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
Felton informs Ingley that Ingley's request for "a copy of the late report of the Secretary of State of California" has been passed on to the Secretary's Office. Typed letter, on printed letter head of the United States Senate, signed by hand. With envelope.
mssHM 21338
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The manuscript memoirs, prepared by William G. Felton in 1886. The memoirs cover Felton's military service, including the battle of Lewisburg, the siege of Vicksburg, his time at the Camp Ford Stockade Prison, and his post-war career. Included are accounts of his experiences in stage coaching in Wyoming and South Dakota, including an incident with the Dakota Indians, after which Felton was sent to Fort Laramie; the Battle of Little Bighorn; Crazy Horse's death at Camp Robinson; farming in California and Nevada; and mining in Colorado. Felton specifically talks about Buffalo Bill, Crazy Horse, George Crook, George Custer, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Heth, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Reynolds.
mssHM 68183
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The indenture is a lease from William Woolfe to Daniel Hacker for two messuages and premises with gardens...; with signature and red wax seal, also signed, in pen, by F.W. Dau.
mssHM 82741
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An autograph letter written from Boston, Mass., from John G. Palfrey to George W. Greene, who was serving as U.S. Consul to Rome. The letter details a list of written works ordered by Palfrey but not yet paid for; he also mentions their mutual friend H.W. Longfellow. The letter has a red wax seal and was originally window-mounted; it has been removed but the old cloth hinges remain.
mssHM 83573
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Low fulfills Robinson's request for Low's signature, along with the "Great Seal of the State." On paper with printed letterhead reading "State of California - Executive Department" and the "Eureka" seal. State seal also visible as watermark.
mssHM 23741
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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