Manuscripts

Charles A. Leake letter to James W. Denver

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Description: Charles A. Leake wrote this letter to James W. Denver from "Sacramento City" and the letter is devoted almost entirely to California state politics. He writes at length upon the recently-concluded Democratic state party convention, the maneuverings therein of various factions, and the circumstances of leading California political figures such as former governor John Bigler and current U.S. senator David Broderick, as well as the influence of events in California upon national political events.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1857, July 17.
Call number: mssHM 83476
Creator: Leake, Charles A(Opens in new tab)
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Reverdy Johnson letter to James W. Denver

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Letter written by Reverdy Johnson to General James W. Denver and sent from San Francisco. Johnson writes that he will not be able to attend a meeting for the "friends of Judge Douglas" due to previous engagements. He mentions that he recently gave a speech supporting Douglas in Boston and had distributed related pamphlets. He also notes that he was having the speech copied in several California newspapers. Includes envelope and typed transcription of the letter.

mssHM 79958

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David C. (David Colbreth) Broderick letter to John W. Forney

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Broderick has forwarded a package of letters sent by Forney, and says Forney should have time to copy the names before the departure of the next steamer to California.

mssHM 21329

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Charles W. Drury letters

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In the letters, Drury talks of gold mining and discoveries, the transcontinental railroad, shipping lines opening up travel to China and Australia, the Walker expedition of 1853 to Sonora, the future of Mexico and Hawaii as American territories, and California politics and climate.

mssHM 75088-75089

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NEILL, James W: Charles Henry Janin

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The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including diaries and mining reports), photographs and maps related to the career of mining engineer Charles Janin. Subject matter in the collection focuses on minerals, mines and mining, especially in California, Mexico, Alaska, Canada, Russia (including Siberia), and Central and South America. There is information about gold, silver, platinum, and tin mining as well as gold dredging.

mssJaninc

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DENVER ENGINEERING WORKS: Charles Henry Janin

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mssJaninc

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Charles James Lever papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of 332 items covering 1835 to 1918; it includes one manuscript by Lever, an untitled political essay, a small number of Lever family letters, as well as a few letters dealing with Lever's political and civil service careers. The majority of the letters are from Lever to his wife, Kate Lever, and his oldest daughter, Julia Lever Nevill. Of these, Lever's letters written during his visits to London and Dublin are of the most interest as he tells of meeting Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, and Wilkie Collins; he also discusses his latest literary work and his dealings with his publishers. The family letters are principally concerned with the ill-health of Kate Lever, the state of the family's finances (usually bad) and living arrangements. Also, before the death of his son Charles in 1863, the family letters deal with the debts incurred by "Charley," his disreputable living and Lever's search for some sort of gainful employment for Charley. There is also one folder of ephemera containing clipped signatures, miscellaneous envelopes, clipped catalogue descriptions, cancelled checks, and a printed death notice; and one box containing five small notebooks and one post book, which include some personal information, literary notes, newspaper clippings of book reviews, and lists of letters sent.

mssLever

Charles A. Leake letter to James W. Denver

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