Letter to John S. Hittell : Virginia City : LS, 1881.

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Letter to John S. Hittell : Virginia City : LS, 1881.

Written as former Mayor of Virginia City on the verso of a form letter asking information for The Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast.

Originals : 1 leaf ; 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 112:16) and positive.

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Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer), 1825-1901

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J.S. Hittell was born December 25, 1825 in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa. His family moved to Hamilton, a town in Southwestern Ohio, in 1832. Hittell graduated from "Miami University" in 1843, and returned to Hamilton to practice law with the office of John Woods. In the spring of 1849, Hittell was in Ottawa, Illinois. On May 1, 1849 he left the bank of the Missouri River with a company of adventurers en route to California. They arrived at the Sacramento River on Sept. 19th. Hittell spent the w...

Stephens, J. A.

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