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George Folsom letter book
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Joseph Libbey Folsom letter to Peter Warren Van Winkle
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Folsom writes he is traveling to California, and of other various business details regarding property in San Francisco, California. With crosshatched writing on first page.
mssHM 19074
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Joseph L. Folsom letter to David Rogers
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Folsom writes of an ongoing legal matter with some intentional vagueness, fearing that his letter may be intercepted.
mssHM 19070
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Joseph L. Folsom leases of land in San Francisco
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This manuscript consists of four leases of land owned by Joseph Libbey Folsom in and around the city of San Francisco, California, dated between 1852-1854, and the details of each. Printed forms, filled in by hand.
mssHM 19071
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Joseph L. Folsom lease of San Francisco land
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This document details the lease agreement between Anna Sparks and See Soong Tong for a lot of land in San Francisco, California. Printed form, filled in and signed.
mssHM 19068
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United States National Monetary Commission documents regarding Portugal
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These documents all relate to the US National Monetary Commission and their requests to foreign nations for information regarding coinage, gold, silver, bronze, and mining laws, etc. The documents are Portugal's fulfillment of these requests. There are three letters between Benjamin Moran, the American Chargé d'Affaires in Portugal, and João de Andrade Corvo, Foreign Minister of Portugal regarding the US National Monetary Commission and its requests. Corvo states that Portugal will comply with the request but they do it under protest and with disapproval. There are copies of six decrees made in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1710 to 1851, by Queen Maria II, José da Silva Carvalho, and the Portugal Royal Treasury (Casa de Moeda) regarding their monetary system, gold coinage, etc. There is also one report from Portugal's Ministry of Public Works' Department of Mines regarding the production of gold and silver in Portugal. All 13 documents are handwritten copies of originals.
mssHM 71637-71649
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George S. Patton letters to Eleanor Banning Macfarland and John Cobb Macfarland
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Two letters from General George S. Patton (1885-1945) to his cousin Eleanor Banning Macfarland and her husband John Cobb Macfarland. The letter to Eleanor is dated October 21, 1918, and was written while Patton was recovering from a leg wound he received in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I. Patton congratulates Eleanor on the birth of her daughter, Anne Banning Macfarland Brown (who had been born in July), sends his best wishes to various relatives, and notes that "I will be out [of the hospital] in a week or so...and can get back in the show and have some fun" (Patton returned to duty on October 28 but saw no further action before the armistice of November 11). The letter to John Macfarland is dated October 8, 1940. Patton thanks Macfarland for his congratulations (probably on Patton's promotion to brigadier general on October 2). Patton writes that "if and when" the United States entered World War II, he hopes he will "have the guts to put my theories of personal leadership into action." He further notes that he feels that he is "better situated to be killed than most as I have had out of life about all there is to get." He also comments on missing the recently deceased Eleanor, who was "very like a sister" to him.
mssHM 78061-78062