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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Includes: bond, warranty deed for parcel of land, Oneonta, New York, and certificate.
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Manuscripts
The Edwin B. Hoffman collection mostly consists of professional correspondence and records related to Hoffman's career at sea, from 1901-1921. The first series includes accounts, forms, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, photographs, and printed ephemera pertaining to his time at the United States Lighthouse Service and United States Shipping Board. Letters and telegrams detail the loss of P.J. Abler (schooner) in 1915 and the collision of Dorr (schooner) and Oklahoma (schooner) in 1916. Included is a certificate indicating Hoffman was pilot on the first torpedo flotilla aboard the United States Ship Whipple. Most of the correspondence in this series is addressed to Hoffman. The second series includes accounts, certificates, correspondence, documents, logs, manifests, and reports concerning his service as Master of Eastern Leader (steamboat) in 1921. Letters and reports detail an accident to the rudder on 1921 May 26, while undocking in Limerick, Ireland for New York. Most of the letters are typed copies retained by Hoffman addressed to colleagues and family.
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Manuscripts
Includes Harbour Regulations for the Port of Shanghai; Pacific Load Line Data by J.C. Rohlfs; United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Small Craft, Storm, and Hurricane Warnings; and "Code Flag" and "Answering Pennant."
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Includes agreements, grant deed, and blank rental agreement forms related to New Chinatown.
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Manuscripts
Series includes a 1769 copy of Abraham Chapman's 1752 will; an appointment of Thomas Chapman to office of Register for Knox County, Tennessee, 1792 June 16; and a 1797 copy made by Thomas Chapman of a 1794 deed for land in Tennessee to James Richardson. Also present is an 1852 deed for land in Edwardsville, Illinois, with the secretarial signature of President Millard Fillmore. Series also includes several William Wesley Chapman items: a receipt for passage on ship J.M Ryerson from San Francisco to Realejo, Nicaragua, and Panama, 1850 September 12; an appointment of Chapman to the office of County Surveyor for Scott County, Illinois, 1855 November 13; and an indenture agreement with the Chicago Home for the Friendless to house and educate Tell Cloud, a three-year-old boy, 1866 October 22.
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Manuscripts
Includes estimates, receipts, and statements.
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