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Nathan H. Rappaport letters to Ruth Proskauer Smith
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Charles H. Bilke letter
Manuscripts
The letter, which Bilke wrote to the Evans Brothers in Virginia City, Nevada, talks about employment opportunities, or the lack of employment opportunities in Butte, Montana, as well as the availability of work in Salt Lake City, Utah and Nevada. Bilke advises his friends to stay in Nevada and not to come to Montana.
mssHM 68219
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W.P. (William P.) Reynolds letters to Edward J. Reynolds
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W.P. Reynolds advises Edward Reynolds to stay in Boston to continue his studies, but Edward is welcome to join him in Mexico later in the year. W.P., who appears to be Edward's elder brother, also offers advice on other topics (i.e. "Urbanity and politeness are weapons in the hands of a man of tact"). HM 4210 is dated July 3, and HM 4211 is dated August 4. Both letters were written in San Francisco, California, and both are addressed "Dear Eddie."
mssHM 4210-4211
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Delazon Smith letter to W. H. Merriam
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Smith reports to Merriam that he has written "a strong letter on your behalf" and will write again when he receives an answer.
mssHM 29262
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Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of Hastings letters
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These letters were written to the Scottish advocate and Tory politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. The first four letters were written from London (to Henry Dundas) and deal with personal things as well as finding a position for a friend, etc. The last three letters were written from Calcutta (to Robert Dundas) and deal with the East India Company, Great Britain's interests in India, as well as British politicians in Calcutta. The other item is a list of pensions Hastings recommended to the "Lord Advocate."
mssHM 80771-80778
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Samuel W. Messerne letter
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In the letter, which is written from the mining town of Murderer's Bar and addressed to "Theodore," Messerne advises his friend not to come up to the Northern California mines unless he can find himself a good business partner; he also requests that he bring "some sulphur and cream of tarter."
mssHM 63814
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Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to Oliver Granger
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Letter from Joseph Smith to Oliver Granger written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith writes of not receiving Granger's previous letters and that their content may have changed the "proceeding of [the] last Conference." He writes that they thought it "advisable to appoint someone to preside in Kirtland," and asks Granger to join Brother Babbit in the work. Smith asserts his hopes for Granger's welfare and "prosperity for the Saints in Kirtland." He also writes of Granger's securing of the "keys of the Lords House" and that he might pay a visit after the "New York debt is settled." The attribution of the signature to Joseph Smith is questionable, and the letter may have been written by Smith's secretary Robert B. Thompson.
mssHM 28168