Burnette G. Haskell diaries and receipt 1878-1885

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Burnette G. Haskell diaries and receipt 1878-1885

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Collection comprises two diaries and a receipt for a registered letter, kept by California labor leader Burnette G. Haskell. Volume 1 (1878-1879) mostly concerns Haskell's failed courtship of Sophie McFarlane (1878-1879); volume 2 (1885) documents his labor career, including the activities, organization, and membership of the International Workmen's Association (IWA) and the Progressive Assembly of the Knights of Labor, both of which Haskell founded.

2 volumes and 1 receipt

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California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650717

California historical society

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Haskell, Burnette G., 1857-1907

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Burnette Gregor Haskell was born in Downieville, California, June 11, 1857. A printer and attorney, in 1882 he abandoned the Republican Party, embraced socialism, and began publishing the International Workingmen's Association journal Truth. He organized (1882) the Socialist Labor Party in San Francisco, and on the Pacific coast, the Knights of Labor, as well as the Sailors' Union (1885), Musicians', and other unions. Haskell married Anna Fader about 1883. A founder of the short-lived Marxist Ka...

Knights of Labor. Progressive Assembly.

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International Workmen's Association.

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