Dictation of Charles Maclay : ms., [undated].

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Dictation of Charles Maclay : ms., [undated].

Comments on early life; arrival in California in 1851; Methodist ministry in Santa Clara circuit; political career as state senator; establishment of Maclay College of Theology. With this: variant copies of biographical sketches based on the dictation for Chronicles of the Builders; notes re Senator Maclay given by Dr. J.P. Widney; letter, Dec. 21, 1888 from E.W. Fowler to the History Co. re the dictation; and an article re Maclay College and its founder, Jan. 21, 1886.

15 leaves ; 28 cm.

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