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Carte de un amigo a otro de Sevilla sobre la epidemia

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    Sueño sobre la expedición de Sonora

    Manuscripts

    This manuscript appears to be a poem about the Spanish expedition of Sonora. Unknown author. In Spanish.

    mssHM 4053

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    Informe sobre el comercio y la situación de la California

    Manuscripts

    This document outlines the commercial situation and economic conditions of California during the mid-19th century, including notes pertaining to San Francisco. In Spanish.

    mssHM 4088

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    Carte de l'Amérique Septentrionale & Meridionale, ou se trouveur les Trois Voyages de Cook et Ceux de MacKenzie, Vancouver et La Perouse, Parry et Franklin, Dresée par Herisson, eleve de Bonne, ancien Ingénieuo hydrographe de la Marine. Revue Corrigée & Augmentée en 1829

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    Kashnor notes, "Interesting from its representation of New Mexico and the Western Territories, where the various Indian nations are located. Shows all California and Oregon to the mouth of the Columbia as part of Mexico." Kashnor dates as [1833]. Submaps: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Martinique, St. Lucia, Tobago.. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Azimuthal. Watermark: Lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 697.

    105:697 M

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    Carte-de-visite

    Manuscripts

    The correspondence of Alexander Douglas Miner consists almost entirely of letters sent by Miner addressed to his daughter, Martha Matilda Miner, a college student attending Oberlin College in Ohio. The letters sent from Miner to Martha span from 1852 to 1872. Some of the letters include a postscript from Martha's mother, Abby E. Miner.

    mssHM 80846-80948

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    Reports on plague in Los Angeles

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    This report was compiled by the California State Board of Health on order of Los Angeles Mayor George E. Cryer. It reports on cases of plague in Los Angeles from November 1924 to June 1925. It contains details on individual cases including autopsies, reports from Los Angeles hospitals about cases of plague, animal trapping and poisoning information, medical inspections, and eradication and disinfection efforts. The report also contains several illustrations, black and white photographs and maps. The report includes a table of contents, a preliminary report on bubonic cases, an appendix on rodent plague, Lenert's Report on Harbor District, a Final Report and a copy of Ordinance No. 50,282, "providing sanitary regulations for the protection of public health in the City of Los Angeles." There are copies of letters by Mayor Cryer and the California State Board of Health Secretary and Executive Officer, Dr. Walter M. Dickie. The volume was a gift from Dr. Allen F. Gillihan to the Los Angeles County Medical Association in January 1926.

    mssHM 72874

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    Rodríguez, -----. "Brindis que hizo un amigo de D. José Matías Moreno..."

    Manuscripts

    Boxes 1-17 consist mainly of correspondence, documents, and manuscripts to and from José Matías Moreno. Some subjects include the history of his Rancho Guadalupe in northern Baja California; politics in Baja California and American economic and political influence there; filibustering; ranchos and land sales; commerce and shipping along the California coast; mining; and the social and domestic history of the Californios. Boxes 23-26 consist of additional oversize correspondence, documents, and manuscripts at the end of the collection. Note: At the end of Box 15, there are facsimiles, translations, and a group of loose notes and fragments. The notes and fragments appear to be a working translation. These folders do not have an HLG call number.

    HLG 291