Julius Kahn letter : Washington, D.C., to W.C. Burnett in San Francisco, Calif. : TLS, 1905 Dec. 2.

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Julius Kahn letter : Washington, D.C., to W.C. Burnett in San Francisco, Calif. : TLS, 1905 Dec. 2.

Letter to Burnett from Congressman Kahn, concerning two pension claims before the Committee on Pensions, one by Peter Bush and the other by George Treat, both postmarked Mar. 1902. Letter has handwritten notes, presumably by Burnett, further concerning his contract with Bush and Treat in 1902 and 1905. The envelope also has pasted on it a clipping of a death notice for Bush, with handwritten annotations.

1 p., with envelope.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736816

California historical society

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Kahn, Julius, 1861-1924

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Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife Florence Prag Kahn after his death. He has been described by the American Jerusalem as "among the most influential Jews in San Francisco—as well as national–civic life, from the middle of the 19th century into the 1930s". Kahn was born in Kuppenheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, in what would become Germany. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Calif...

Bush, Peter R., 1946-....

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Bush, Peter, 1817-1903.

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Burnett, W. C. (Wellington Cleveland), 1830?-1907.

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Burnett was a San Francisco attorney. From the description of W.C. Burnett legal miscellany, 1856-1879. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145415604 Burnett served four terms as Attorney and Counselor for the City and County of San Francisco, 1870-1880. Previously, he had been Calif. State Senator from Yuba and Sutter Counties, 1856-1857. He lived and worked in New York City, ca. 1895-1897. From the description of W.C. Burnett miscellany, 1844-1...

Treat, George.

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Pensions

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