Letter, 1892 May 17, to Mary Sheldon Barnes.

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Letter, 1892 May 17, to Mary Sheldon Barnes.

Presentation of Sanson's Mappe Monde, 1669, which shows California as an island.

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Barnes, Mary Sheldon, 1850-1898

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Student at the University of Michigan. From the description of Mary Downing Sheldon letter, February 7, 1872. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83801366 Mary Sheldon Barnes was Professor of History at Stanford University, 1892-1897. The photographs were collected by Barnes and other Stanford faculty and students for her Pacific Slope history class. From the description of Photographs of North American Indians, 1892-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898

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