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Sir Edward Sabine letter to John Wilson Croker
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Edward Robeson Taylor letter to Mr. Prang
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In this letter to Mr. Prang written on letterhead of the Mayor's Office, City and County of San Francisco, Taylor thanks Prang for his kind birthday letter. He thinks the mayoral election on November 5, 1907 will go well, as he believes that the people seem to be for him while all the politicians are not. Taylor asks Prang to remember him to his wife and says that he is sending a copy of his selected poems that were published on the anniversary of the fire.
mssHM 29265
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Edward Bosqui letter to "dear sir,"
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Letter from Edward Bosqui in which he responds to an unknown writer's references to lithographic stone, which Bosqui says if genuine would be "worth more than a gold mine." He also includes a description of lithographic stone. On Bosqui Engraving and Printing Co. letterhead.
mssHM 73997
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo letter to Edward Meyer Kern
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Señor Vallejo informs Mr. Kern that he has returned home from the prison at Fort Sutter, and is sending Mr. Kern the items he promised. In Spanish, with undated one-page typescript translation by H. Noya.
mssHM 20662
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John Jacob Astor letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Astor writes of the removal of John Charles Frémont from his post in the California. He also tells Hoffman: "Since we parted on the steamboat dock a year ago last July, what strange times have come upon us, it sometimes seems to me like a dream," and gives updates on friends and family.
mssHM 19012
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Grover Cleveland, New York, letter to Calvin S. Brice :
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Is sending Brice copies of something he jotted down, he has "not given the matter much thought."
mssHM 23520
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John A. Scott letter to Wilson Scott
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In this letter to his brother, John A. Scott writes of his journey to California. He reports the roads through Wyoming are in poor condition, and rainy weather made crossing rivers dangerous and difficult. At Fort Laramie, he saw many teams planning their routes West. Sicknesses such as cholera are rampant, and he has seen many graves along the roads. Includes fragment of envelope.
mssHM 15244