John Thompson Peters letter to Enoch Perkins | Collections | The Huntington

John Thompson Peters letter to Enoch Perkins | Collections | The Huntington

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Wood inquires about his "conduct and bearing toward civil officers" in a case recently presided over by Hoffman in a U.S. District Court case in San Francisco. The case appears to be concerned with a potential breach of international neutrality laws.
mssHM 19006
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Letter to Jill (Thompson) Perkins
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The collection contains original James Joyce material with additional material concerning James Joyce scholarship and John Hinsdale Thompson's collecting of the James Joyce material. The first series of the collection contains 73 original items (1901-1938, mssHM 41118-41190), either written by or about James Joyce and include: Joyce's translation of Gerhart Hauptmann's Before sunrise; a corrected typescript of a portion of Penelope; and various poems. Also included are autograph letters by Joyce to various recipients, and the correspondence of Donald S. Friede concerning his publication and the copyright of Joyce's Work in progress. The second series includes 169 items of supporting material (1939-1973) which consists chiefly of correspondence between John Hinsdale Thompson, booksellers, and other Joyce scholars; the majority of these letters are addressed to Thompson. Also contains manuscripts, printer's material, printed material, and ephemera concerning Joyce scholarship.
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John William Mackay letter to George Wallace
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mssHM 18961
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James Allen Hardie letter to Peter Warren Van Winkle
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John Currey letter to William Nelson
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mssHM 19477
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Henry Huntley Haight letter to John Thompson Hoffman
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Haight reports that he has received Hoffman's letter regarding the case of James Fitzmorris, and gives his opinion on the matter, which concerns Fitzmorris' attempted robbery of a jeweller's shop in Sacramento "with an iron wrench in hand." Fitzmorris, who may have been drinking before the incident, allegedly planned to murder the jeweller as well, but was unsuccessful, and fled when the injured shopkeeper called for help. Printed letterhead of the State of California Executive Department.
mssHM 27913