Manuscripts

Palomita letters to "Dear Mom" and "Deer Grandmudder"

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Description: HM 83620 (a): Letter written from Palomita to "Dearest Mom" from Santa Monica, California. In this letter, Palomita writes about situation where she may move back to Pomona, California, "if things get bad." She writes, "We were ready to evacuate San Pedro once & now Bob has the trailer ready to pile things into - It may all be silly but still one can't be too careful at a time like this." She also questions "suppose they will close the border like in the last war?" She finishes the letter in Spanish.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: Approximately 1900s.
Call number: mssHM 83620 (a-b)
Provenance: In library.
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Emelie Melville letter to Tempe E. Allison

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mssHM 26066

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Eugene Casserly letter to "dear sir,"

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Letter from Eugene Casserly in Washington, D.C., to an unknown recipient. In the brief letter, Casserly notes that anything the recipient writes to him "shall be as confidential as you may desire." Attached to the letter is a newspaper clipping with a biography of Casserly.

mssHM 29224

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William Boyd Allison letter to "My dear Mr. Cole,"

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In this letter to the otherwise unidentified Mr. Cole, Allison writes that he may not be available as planned due to a scheduled dinner with friends.

mssHM 29213

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Lydia H. Burns letter to Polly Hall

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In this letter dated sometime in June, 1854, Lydia Burns Hall writes to her sister, Polly Hall. She remains unmarried, and is concerned she may eventually marry someone who will not be kind to her. Her life as a single woman is hard, but she thinks "their is better dayes acoming." On reverse of letter is a pictorial lettersheet containing John Sutter's account of "the first discovery of the Gold" and a view of Sutter's Mill

mssHM 3207

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Lucy Stoddard Wakefield letter to "Lucius & Rebecca"

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Lucy Wakefield writes to her friends Lucius and Rebecca, describing her environment in the mining town of Placerville, California. Like many others who arrived for the Gold Rush, she would like to stay in California permanently. Her shop has been doing well, and she has been making twenty dozen pies per week, all on her own. Of living in California, where she has been for two and a half years, she writes "there is no way for a woman to make money except by hard work of some sort." Lucy hopes to see her friends in California soon. Dated 1851, September 18-25.

mssHM 16386

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Samuel Hopkins Willey letter to Miss Lord

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Letter from Samuel Hopkins Willey to a Miss Lord, sent from San Francisco. In the hastily written letter Willey writes that he has put up "articles of my soliciting" and that he has mislaid a prospectus and would like to be sent another copy. He also writes that "it is very hard for me in the press of care to do work for this school."

mssHM 73058

Palomita letters to "Dear Mom" and "Deer Grandmudder"

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