W.D. Alexander letter to Abbie : photocopy of AL, 1867 Aug. 5.

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W.D. Alexander letter to Abbie : photocopy of AL, 1867 Aug. 5.

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Consists of an incomplete (20p.) photocopy of a letter to his wife, Abigail Charlotte Baldwin, describing his journey by ship then stagecoach from San Leandro to Yosemite Valley, July 22-27, 1867. Details terrain, plant and animal life, and quartz and gold mining. There is a typed index accompanying the letter. Also includes a photocopy of the preface for Hawaiian Geographic Names, compiled by W.D. Alexander, Washington, G.P.O., 1903; along with a photocopy of a two-page obituary of Alexander by the Hawaiian Historical Society.

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Alexander, W. D. (William De Witt), 1833-1913

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Historian and geographer. From the description of Essay by W.D. Alexander, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449851 Scholar and founder of the Hawaiian Historical Society. From the description of Letter : Honolulu, to Henry C. Carter, New York, concerning the Hawaiian Historical Society, 1899 May 11. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35781069 Alexander was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where his father was a missionary. He graduated from Yale C...