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Cyrus Adler letter to Dr. Marrais
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Cyrus Townsend Brady letter to James Carleton Young
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Transcription: "Dear James: Did I return you the copy, On the old Kearsarge you sent me to sign or not? I have been worrying since I am not sure about this matter. Pls. Joy. Yours Sincerely, Cyrus Townsend Brady. Mr. Jas Carleton Young --"
mssHM 29221
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Cyrus H. Walker letter to the Editor, Pacific Monthly, Portland Oregon
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In this letter written in Albany, Oregon, Cyrus Walker recounts past article he's written on Oregon history as well as articles he wishes to write based on his personal experiences. As well as being advised to write more articles for the Pacific Monthly by friends and admirers, Walker was also advised to write a book based on his "reminiscences of pioneer days" in Oregon. He proposes an idea to the editor in which he rewrites some older articles adding new material and writes some new ones. After publication in Pacific Monthly, he would then publish them together in book form.
mssHM 20176
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Charles Milton Buchanan letter to Ella Higginson
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Buchanan wrote this letter in response to a letter he received from writer Ella Higginson requesting information on Indians in Alaska and Alaska in general. Buchanan suggests she read some of the Bulletins published by the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology, as well as various works by Miner Bruce, Henry Henshaw, Otis Mason, and Dr. Sheldon Jackson. Higginson, who was from Washington, published her book Alaska, the great country three years later.
mssHM 68055
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Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to William M. Dickson :
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Acknowledging receipt of Dickson's letter with enclosed receipt from the Burnet House, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lincoln thanks Dickson for his attention to the matter and provides further instruction. Lincoln had stayed at the Burnet House in September 1859 and the hotel was claiming that his bill had not been paid.
mssHM 25284
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Jonas Bigelow letter to Otis Arnold
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This letter contains extensive detail from Jonas Bigelow to Otis Arnold, of Troy, New York, about his many recent activities as a merchant in Albany, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cincinnati, Ohio; and New Orleans, Louisiana, leading eventually to his venture into Arkansas Territory to trade for beaver pelts and bear skins. The letter also describes his relocation to Fort Smith, an army post located on one of the routes along which Native Americans traveled as they were forcibly removed from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory. Bigelow writes at length about the region surrounding Fort Smith, its many opportunities for profit, and his hope to make a considerable fortune by obtaining government contracts to supply parties of Native Americans.
mssHM 84001
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I.N. Hoag's letter book
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This letter book contains correspondence regarding excursions to California and exhibitions sponsored by the California Immigration Commission of the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
mssHM 35294