Letters to E.H. Plummer, 1906, May 11-28.

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Letters to E.H. Plummer, 1906, May 11-28.

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All 13 of these letters were written to E.H. Plummer by friends and associates who had experienced the San Francisco earthquake and fires of 1906. (These letters were written in response to Plummer's letters of concern he had sent to his various friends in the San Francisco area.) In the letters the authors' discuss their personal experiences in the earthquake and the aftermath. They talk about personal property being destroyed and lost, the fear they felt during the earthquake, their anxiety in not knowing about loved ones in other parts of the area, the deaths of friends and the difficulty of communicating by the telegraph or mail. They also talk about their hope for the future and the belief that San Francisco would be rebuilt even better than before. Specific topics discussed are: Frederick Funston, A.W. Greely, Arthur McArthur, the Spring Valley Water Company, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the Presidio, the fires after the quake, and martial law. Some of the letters were written from Monterey, Oakland, Sausalito and San Jose and discuss the effects of the earthquake in those cities. Bruce Cornwall, prominent San Francisco lawyer and real estate broker, is the author of one of the letters.

13 letters.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Plummer, E. H.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd

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Cornwall, Bruce

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MacArthur, Arthur, 1845-1912

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Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917

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