ALS : San Francisco, to Charlotte B. Whipple, 1860 May 20.

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ALS : San Francisco, to Charlotte B. Whipple, 1860 May 20.

A long description of San Francisco and his first three weeks there, including a description of Jessie Benton Frémont, wife of the explorer John C. Frémont.

1 item (6 p.) ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6794763

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864

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King was a popular Unitarian minister, of Boston, Mass. In 1860, he took over the parish in San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Thomas Starr King sermon notebook : ms, [18??]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145416609 American writer and clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1863 Apr. 29, [San Francisco, to Mr. Swain?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130298 King was a popular Unitarian minister from Boston, Mass., wh...

Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902

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She was born near Lexington, Virginia, the second child of Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858) and Elizabeth McDowell (1794–1854). She was born in the home of her mother's father, James McDowell. Her father, Senator Benton, had been wanting a son, but went ahead and named her in honor of his father, Jesse Benton. Jessie was raised in Washington, D.C., more in the manner of a 19th century son than daughter, with her father, who was renowned as the "Great Expansionist," seeing to her early education...

Whipple, Charlotte B. Hastings,

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