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John S. Jenkins letter to William Titus
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Leoline Jenkins newsletters
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Correspondence, Newsletters and Parliamentary Proceedings Reports, 1676, Nov.-1680, Dec. (Boxes 1-5) are arranged chronologically. The material includes letters written to Sir Leoline Jenkins and his secretary, Dr. Owen Wynne, as well as newsletters (in English and French) written from various continental countries concerning the Scanian War, the Elector of Brandenburg, the Ottoman Turks and the Dutch War. Another significant group of material includes extracts from the Journals of both Houses of Parliament dealing primarily with the Popish Plot, Catholics, Titus Oates and the Exclusion Crisis. This material also includes addresses, confessions, Articles of Impeachment, speeches and requests to attend the King. The original roan-backed Middle Hill boards, with the label MS. 12256, from the collection of Thomas Phillipps are in Box 6. The decision was made to modernize and standardize the spelling of countries, cities and place names on the folders and in the Finding Aid; this was done in order to facilitate electronic searching of the Finding Aid. The material in this collection was written from the continent and England resulting in a variety of dating styles and calendars; the decision was made to use the date provided by each author without any attempt on the part of the cataloger to establish whether the date was Old or New style. The Huntington Library also has Francis Benson newsletters to Sir Leoline Jenkins, 1676-1679 (HM 30314-30315).
mssJEN 1-202
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Ulysses S. Grant, Washington, D.C., letter to Nathaniel Carlin :
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Regarding his Missouri farm; Grant inquires about plantings, condition of crops and fruit, condition of the stock, plans to breed and acquire horses.
mssHM 21684
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John Bidwell letter to John Townsend
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Bidwell advises Townsend on how to acquire land once he becomes a citizen. Also includes hand-drawn map of area near Sacramento, CA, bordered by the American, Cosmunes, and Sacramento Rivers, and includes Nueva Helvecia and Rufus, Sheldon, and Leidesdorff Ranchos.
mssHM 31549
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Luther Harvey Titus reminiscences
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Copy of newspaper clipping of "A Forty-Niner. Reminiscences of An Old Erie County Man, Bear Stories from Way Back - Extracts from a letter from L.H. Titus of Dew Drop Ranch, San Gabriel, Cal." The article was published in a Buffalo, New York newspaper on 1886 May 31. Also photocopy of clipping.
mssHM 84190
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Jared S. Dawson letter to James Taylor
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In this reply to Taylor's letter of July 29, Dawson laments the town's decline, which he blames on "the Trator (sic) John Tyler at the head of our Government & a damned Tory Democratic Legislator in our state of Ohio." He then gives a rather impassionate description of a Liberty Party rally in town led by "the Insurrectionist - the disunionist and abolition candidate for Governor (by the Eternal God my Blood boils)" Leicester King (1789-1856). King was assisted by abolitionists Hiram McCartney (1800-1843), Hiram Barlow Miller (1807-1888) and other "white negroes," and the speakers addressed a crowd of some "100 Negroes about 50 abolitionists and about 150 citizens." Dawson also rather optimistically projects re-election of Thomas Corwin and describes his plans to move to Kentucky where he planned to engage in land speculation and "perhaps obtain a post office." Letter written from Bellefontaine, Ohio.
mssHM 83158
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Charles Frederick Holder letter to John Vance Chaney
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Letter written from Charles F. Holder in Pasadena to John Vance Chaney, the head of the San Francisco Public Library. Holder writes that he has been delayed in getting back to San Francisco because of the "Tournament of Roses" given by his Hunt Club. He also asks Chaney if he has heard anything about "the Overland" (probably The Overland Monthly magazine), which he had been trying to acquire, and praises a newspaper man named Field of the San Francisco Chronicle.
mssHM 75639