William Swan letter regarding diabetes treatment | Collections | The Huntington

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In this letter to his cousin, Edward Swan describes his journey to San Francisco. He endured "a very unpleasant passage" and was "detained in Panama for 12 days waiting for a steamer." Once he finally arrives in San Francisco, he finds it "a much nicer place here than expected."
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Daniel Kellogg Southwick letter to Abijah Southwick
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This letter contains a detailed account of the Battle of Shiloh and its immediate aftermath. Southwick mentions Ulysses S. Grant who "outgeneraled" the Confederate commanders and describes the arrival of Henry W. Halleck.
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H.F. Wickham letter to Warren Kraus
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Writing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wickham describes, "I have been in New Mexico and Arizona since the 15th of April and during this season have put in my Sundays and spare time at collection, with pretty fair success. My captures include over 17000 specimens of Coleoptera from the above named territories. Many of the species are rare and desirable, some of the Meloidae being particularly interesting." Wickham is looking to exchange specimens with Kraus, and promises to give him an "early choice" from his own list.
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William Blathwayt state papers and letters regarding the siege of Londonderry
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A collection of state papers and letters concerning the siege of Londonderry, annotated by Blathwayt as Secretary of War.
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Henry William Herbert letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Herbert introduces his friend and colleague Adam Cridland, who is traveling to California with the hopes of establishing himself among the medical profession there. Should Hoffman find a suitable assignment for Cridland, Herbert would "esteem a great personal favor."
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Letter book of William Upton
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The first half of the volume deals with Upton's work in the construction of a dry dock at Sevastopol in the Crimea, including its funding, design, progress, and the constant supplying of materials. The second half of the volume details his life as an engineer and refugee during the Crimean War and his efforts to find further employment and full reimbursement for his loss of property at the outbreak of the war. Upton talks in detail about how his neighbors in Sevastopol had to flee their villas at the approach of troops, and the looting of his property. There are copies of letters by Upton begging for a new job after the war. He wrote several notable people including Lord Raglan and even Emperor Napoleon. The volume also includes a proposal to beautify, improve and develop the banks of the River Thames which Upton sent to the editor of the Illustrated London news in 1856. A letter to Upton (1855, May 7) and a draft of another letter were found In the front cover of the volume. About half of the volume is made up of blank pages; Upton only wrote in the first half of the volume.
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