Manuscripts
Bryant, Sturgis & Co., letter to Messers. Grant & Stone : photostat
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- Description
- A photostat of an autograph letter from the Bryant, Sturgis & Co., to the company of Grant & Stone; they are requesting assistance with a small box of rough gold which is to be deposited at the Mint to be coined. The gold was from a mine in "Upper California" which was discovered in 1842, and the owner of the mine wished to know the value and purity of the gold; neither the name of the mine or owner are included in the letter. On the verso of the photostat is a penciled note: "Sent to the Huntington Library by Prof. Merk at the suggestion of Dr. F. J. Turner;" Frederick Merk was a historian and professor at Harvard University and the suggestion by Frederick Jackson Turner was made shortly before his death on March 14, 1932.
- Production date
- 1843 June 5.
- Call number
- mssHM 84045
