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Fire horses, farewell good and faithful servants!
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mssHM 84340
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Firefighters of the past : A history of the old volunteer fire department of San Francisco from 1849 to 1866 :
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mssHM 84339
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The Bancroft Building fire, San Francisco
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Typewritten manuscript which describes the history of the Bancroft Building and its tenants, as well as the outbreak, losses, and casualties of the April 30, 1886 fire. Also includes a photograph of the Bancroft Building on fire and a sketch of the burned-out building.
mssHM 73694
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Isabel Burton obituaries
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This is a bound volume of newspaper obituaries for Isabel Burton, compiler unknown, made in the 19th century. The album has the modern bookplate of Burke E. Casari, a previous owner, pasted onto the inside front cover. Two pieces of ephemera are also enclosed: Sir Richard F. Burton Memorial Fund [printed pamphlet] and a list of the obituaries in the album, typed by B.E. Casari.
mssHM 82873
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Anticipation: containing the substance of his M-----y's most gracious speech to both H-----s of P---l-----t...1778
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This is a manuscript transcription made in 1808 by "R.G." from the 1778 printed first edition; bound in contemporary red morocco and having the bookplate of John Ashley Warre inside the front cover. This transcription also includes all the names filled out in pencil by a former owner, which in the original edition appear partly blank.
mssHM 82742
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Frank J. Cotter scrapbook
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A scrapbook created by Frank K. Cotter in the early part of the 20th century. The leather-bound scrapbook has a printed photo of Cotter pasted down on the title page; there is a modern autograph note, in an unknown hand, laid inside the front cover, with a few other printed items laid into the volume. The poems and short stories in the scrapbook are either printed clippings or typewritten copies, some of which were written by Cotter under his pseudonym Pat O'Cotter. The clippings and copies only fill twenty-five pages with the majority of the scrapbook containing blank and empty pages. The subjects covered are mainly World War I, Alaska, and the Klondike.
mssHM 83799