Correspondence of D. P. McHarg, 1852-1923.

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Correspondence of D. P. McHarg, 1852-1923.

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The majority of the letters are written by D. P. McHarg to his mother. McHarg's first letter was written while he was on his voyage to California aboard the ship Grecian. In his letters from California, he discusses the conditions in the gold camps, the gold miners with whom he does business, the financial crisis of 1855 and the failing of the Adams Express Company, as well as his opinions about slavery and the Civil War. There are five letters written by McHarg to his wife Fannie while he was in New York City in 1873; in these letters he discusses the stock market crash of 1873. There is one letter by New York Senator Elihu Root to McHarg's wife Fannie.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Adams Express Company

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The Adams Express Company was founded in Boston in 1839. Originally called Burke and Company, its name was changed to Adams and Company after only two weeks when Alvin Adams agreed to buy out his partner. By 1850, the company had spread throughout the south, southwest, and north. Much additional capital was invested at that time and the company's name was again changed to the Adams Express Company. During the Civil War, the company made a substantial amount of money shipping packages to and from...

McHarg, D. P.

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D. P. McHarg moved to Murphys, California from Rome, New York in 1852. While in Murphys, he worked in a general store. McHarg later moved to Vallecito and San Francisco, and was working for the Adams Express Company when it failed in 1855. He moved back to Rome, New York in the late 1860s and became the owner of the Arlington Hotel. From the description of Correspondence of D. P. McHarg, 1852-1923. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122...

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...