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Charles Lett Feltoe letter to Thomas Frederick Tout
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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
This hand-drawn plan of Westminster Abbey was prepared by Tout when working out his theory of a burglary; he then used the plan to illustrate his lecture "A Medieval Burglary."
mssHM 82766
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In this letter, written by Turner to a former student and historian George Frederick Howe, Turner is answering some questions Howe had for him regarding another fellow student of Turner's, historian and author Theodore Clark Smith, President James A. Garfield and financier Wharton Barker. Howe may have been writing an article about President Garfield. Theodore Clark Smith published a biography of President Garfield in 1924; George Frederick Howe published a biography of President Chester A. Arthur in 1934.
mssHM 75107
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Letter with autograph signature on Los Angeles Public Library letterhead to Ora Oak, thanking him for the biography he donated to the library along with a personal copy for himself.
mssHM 19817
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In this letter to his nephew, addressed "Artie Kellogg, Esq.," Malcolm King thanks him for the letter he sent along with his "Auntie Emma's" and reminds him to take care of his "Papa and Mama." King also reminds that "if Lucy is there, don't let her eat too much melon." The letter is signed "your Uncle Malcolm."
mssHM 4280
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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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In this letter, which is written to Frederick Beechey, one of Beaufort's officers, Beaufort discusses dispatches he received from the Beagle's captain, Robert FitzRoy. These dispatches describe the Beagle's surveying expeditions along South America's coast as well as report on the Beagle's activities in 1835 (he mentions several places in Chile by name). Beaufort is giving this informaiton to Beechey so that he does not duplicate FitzRoy's efforts. Although the letter was written in secretarial hand, Beaufort signed it and and wrote a postcript in pencil informing Beechey of the birth of his daughter and the news that "Mrs. B was doing very well and the young lady also." This would have been Beechey's first news of the birth of his daughter. This letter is one copy of many that Beaufort sent to various ports in the hope that one reached Beechey as soon as possible. Charles Darwin is not mentioned by name in the letter.
mssHM 70756