Day-Palmer family papers, 1741-1960 (bulk 1846-1906).

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Day-Palmer family papers, 1741-1960 (bulk 1846-1906).

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Include 1848-1853 diary of C.T.H. Palmer, recording voyage around the Horn, mining in California, law practice in San Francisco, description of great fires of 1851 in San Francisco, activities of the Vigilance Committee of 1851 and various proceedings against criminals, theatrical, bookselling and banking ventures in Ophir; manuscripts of his stories and poems, 1848-1849; diary and accounts of Sherman Day, 1854, re his surveying business around San Jose, railroad matters and his election as state Senator; marriage certificate and diary of his son, Roger Sherman Day, concerning life in Folsom and his friendship with E.R. Sill; Day family genealogical material. Of note in the collection is a letter from Mark Twain to C.T.H. Palmer.

9 boxes, 2 oversize folders (3.6 linear feet)Day, Sherman, Autograph book; sketch book; diary & account book (3 v.); 12 letters : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 740:8) and positive.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

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