Benjamin Parke Avery papers, [ca. 1870-1875].

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Benjamin Parke Avery papers, [ca. 1870-1875].

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V. 1: Letters from William H. Dall, William Keith, Stephen Powers, Joseph Roos, Toby E. Rosenthal, Charles W. Stoddard, Peter Tofft; poem by Robert E.C. Stearns. V. 2: California Pictures in Prose and Verse, a series of sketches, some of which appeared in the Overland Monthly (A. Ms. and clippings). V. 3: Papers on Art, unpublished (A. Ms.). V. 4: Growth of Architectural Forms, unpublished (A. Ms.). V. 5: Memoranda of interviews with Viceroy Li-Hung-Chang, 1874, when Avery was U.S. minister to China. (A. Ms.).

5 v.Peter Tofft letter to B.P. Avery and Tofft letter to Mrs. Mary A. Avery : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 669:2) and positive.

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William Healey Dall was born on 21 August 1845 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA He entered the service of the Land Office of the Illinois Central Railroad in Chicago, spending his evenings studying at the Chicago Academy of Sciences. In 1865, he was appointed naturalist on the United States Western Union Telegraph Expedition (Alaskan Division), 1865-1867 (leader Robert Kennicott), sent by the Western Union Telegraph Company to survey a route for, and to construct, a telegraph line thr...

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Roos, Joseph.

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Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909

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California author. From the description of Charles Warren Stoddard letters and manuscripts : to Frank Arthur Putnam, 1903-1906. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 78215414 Author and professor of English, University of Notre Dame, 1885-1887. From the description of Papers, 1870-1927. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23706788 American poet and travel writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed ...

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