Letters from H.R. Wagner and other materials regarding the John D. Sloat monument, 1903-1952.

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Letters from H.R. Wagner and other materials regarding the John D. Sloat monument, 1903-1952.

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Typed and holograph letters and a telegram from H.R. Wagner, bookseller and collector of Western Americana, discussing his business transactions and collecting interests with Cowan. Two black and white photographs of Wagner (1947 and 1952). Three printed congressional reports, a printed pamphlet and a holograph letter from Edwin A. Sherman to Cowan all regarding the erection of the Commodore John D. Sloat monument in Monterey, California.

30 items (47 leaves) ; 28 cm. or smaller.

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318185

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Sloat, John D. (John Drake)

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American naval officer. From the description of ALS : New Brighton, N.Y., to Aaron Ogden Dayton, Washington, D.C., 1857 June 17. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626066 Commodore Sloat was responsible for raising the American flag at Monterey, after the Battle of Monterey, 1846. From the description of An account of occurrences in California previous to the capture of Monterray / by Lieutenant Sloat, July 1846 : manuscript, [ca. 1846] (Har...

Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957

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Wagner was born on Sept. 27, 1862 in Philadelphia, PA; A.B. (1884), LL. B (1886), L.H.D. (1946), Yale Univ.; D. Litt. (1935), Pomona College; LL. D (1949), UC Berkeley; admitted to Missouri bar in 1887 and began practicing in Kansas City; became member of the executive committee (1918-20), the vice president (1920-21), American Smelting and Refining Co., New York; began to collect books, and made contributions to the history and bibliography of Latin America and the American West; member, Americ...

Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942

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Robert Ernest Cowan was born in 1862 in Toronto, Canada; came to San Francisco in 1870; student at UC Berkeley 1882-84; San Francisco bookseller from 1895-1920 and author of bibliographies of history of California and the Pacific Coast; librarian for William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1919-33; moved to Los Angeles at Clark's request in 1926; Cowan's collection of books and manuscripts form the nucleus of the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections' holdings in Californiana; married Marie Margaret Fleissner i...