Manuscripts
Letter to Timothy Wolcott
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Alpheus B. Thompson letters to Timothy Wolcott
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These three letters were written by Alpheus Thompson to Timothy Wolcott during 1856 and 1857. In HM 18997, written 1856, September 6, from Santa Barbara, Thompson thanks Wolcott for looking after his son, Francis. In HM 18998 (dated 1857, June 2), Thompson writes of the advantageous opportunities in San Francisco in the real estate market, and asks Wolcott to look after Francis "for a few months longer." He also includes business details regarding property and other assets. The final letter in this series was written in San José, California, on June 17, 1857 (HM 18999), and Thompson asks if Wolcott would take Francis under his charge, and to "provide him with suitable Clothing and Board."
mssHM 18997-18999
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Francis Thompson letters to Timothy Wolcott
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In the first of these two letters, Thompson informs Wolcott that he has arrived in Maine. The second is concerned with business and financial affairs, and Thompson writes "I think that my troubles are about over. And I doubt not but what you are as glad as my self." HM 19000 is dated 1857 (signed "Frank Thompson), July 18, and HM 19001 was written 1858, December 16.
mssHM 19000-19001
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Peter C. Wolcott diaries and expense book, (bulk 1877-1897)
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The collection contains four diaries and one expense book belonging to Peter C. Wolcott, dating from 1877 to 1895. Wolcott's early diary from 1877 to 1878 covers his time at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He writes about his classes, school life and friends, as well as comments on religion, sermons heard and given, and baptisms. Volumes 2 and 3 cover Wolcott's time in South Dakota at the Pine Ridge Agency (now Pine Ridge Reservation) among the Oglala Lakota Indians from 1880 to 1882. In these diaries, he writes about his daily activities, indigenous ceremonies, both in English and Lakota, and gives details about baptisms he performed, for both children and adults. Wolcott also mentions the Santee, Dakota, and the Rosebud Sioux, Tasunka Kokipapi (mistakenly known as Young Man Afraid of His Horses), the death of Red Cloud's granddaughter, and physician and Indian Agent at Pine Ridge, Valentine McGillycuddy (1849-1939). Volume 3 contains a tintype of two unidentified indigenous boys dressed in suits and with their hair cut short, approximately 1880. Volume 4 covers Wolcott's trip to Japan and China from 1891 to 1892. There is also one folder with miscellaneous manuscripts such as receipts, correspondence, postcards, as well as two photographs of Peter C. Wolcott, approximately 1920.
mssHM 64277-64281
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Sir Edward Sabine letter to John Wilson Croker
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In this letter, written from London, Sabine talks about his voyage in 1821 and his measurements of the Earth (he seems to be sending Croker a copy of a paper on the subject). He mentions the island Spitsbergen (where he took measurements), Earth's meridian, equator, and the "figure of the Earth."
mssHM 79887
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Francis Clark letter to Abigail Wells
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In this letter to his aunt, Abigail Wells, Francis Clark is about to embark on a ship as part of a group bound from Boston to San Francisco, in hopes of finding gold in California. He plans to be gone three years. Of his motivations, he writes, "I am in the prime of life, have no family, & here is a chance for enterprise and it seems to me right to embrace it." He apologizes at leaving at such short notice, to leave his parents and friends "to go so far & at some hazard too."
mssHM 16542
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N.S. Bowen letter to H. Mills
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In this letter, Bowen discusses the following subjects in detail: several mines in Jamestown, California; gold, iron, copper and quartz mining in California; gold discoveries; and his plan to build a stamp mill to make the mining process easier.
mssHM 68278