Letter, Oct. 9th 1917, Pleasonton, California [to] Baron M. Meller / P. A. Hearst. Oct. 9th 1917.

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Letter, Oct. 9th 1917, Pleasonton, California [to] Baron M. Meller / P. A. Hearst. Oct. 9th 1917.

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Letter dated Oct. 9th 1917, written by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, philanthropist and mother of William Randolph Hearst, from her Hacienda del Pozo de Verona in Pleasanton, California, is in reply to a request for monetary assistance from Baron M. Meller, 516 Gough St., San Francisco.

[4 leaves] ; 17 x 13 cm.

California State University East Bay, Hayward Campus Library

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Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919

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Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst was born in St. Clair, Missouri, the daughter of Drucilla (Whitmire) and Randolph Walker Apperson. In 1860, businessman George Hearst met Phoebe when he returned to St. Clair to care for his dying mother. When they married on June 15, 1862, George Hearst was 41 years old, and Phoebe was 19. Soon after their marriage the Hearsts moved to San Francisco, California, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst. As a very successful miner wh...