Manuscripts
William D. Gutman letters to Charles Scott
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Charles William Watts papers, (bulk 1897-1900)
Manuscripts
A collection of 91 items from 1897 to 1963, which consists chiefly of letters written by Charles William Watts to his wife and daughter between 1897 and 1900. The letters are written from Alaska, including Juneau, Sheep Camp, Skagway, the Yukon River Valley, Dawson, and the Klondike River Valley. Watts's letters describe the Klondike gold rush and life in Alaska and in the Yukon. The collection also contains a photograph of Charles William Watts with a group of hunters and various clippings. There are also a few letters and notes written in 1963 by Lee Rohrbough.
mssHM 48341-48427
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William Lawrence Austin letters to Joseph Burn Austin
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Five letters written by William Lawrence Austin to his father dealing with the Leadville Colorado silver rush of 1878-1879. One of the letters contains a sketch. Some are on J. B. Grant & Co's Smelting Works letterhead. Four of the letters were written from Leadville (one from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
mssHM 81295-81299
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Samuel D. Snowden letter to Alvin T. Smith
Manuscripts
In this letter, Snowden asks Alvin Smith to please take care of certain affairs for him in Oregon, chiefly concerning land claims, while Snowden is in California. He also writes of how Oregon men are faring in the quest for gold around Sutter's Fort.
mssHM 16377
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Charles W. Drury letters
Manuscripts
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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William D. Shipman letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Shipman informs Hoffman of a decision in the district court of Connecticut, and the possible ramifications.
mssHM 19017
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William Porter letter to J. M. Blackerby
Manuscripts
Porter writes to Blackerby about the surveying of territorial roads in Oregon, and advises him on where to send the two plots Porter has made. One should be sent to Benjamin F. Harding, Secretary of the Oregon Territory, and the other to the county auditor. Porter is unsure if the Secretary requires one, but he figures "it will do no harm to make such return."
mssHM 17380