Dictation and related biographical material from David H. Moffat : Denver, 1885.

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Dictation and related biographical material from David H. Moffat : Denver, 1885.

Dictation by Moffat concerns his arrival in Denver, 1860, and his mining interests; accompanied by dictations from Walter Cheesman, S.T. Smith, Wilbur F. Stone, Henry R. Wolcott, and Sam Wood, respecting Moffat's mining, banking, and railroad interests.

Originals : 8 items.Copies : partial microfilm reel (21 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:1) and positive.

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Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907

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Smith, S. T. (Stuart T.), 1961-

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...

Stone, Wilbur F.

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Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911

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Wood, Sam, 1883-1949

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