Ogden Hoffman letter : San Francisco, Calif, to his father, ALS, 15 Feb 1851.

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Ogden Hoffman letter : San Francisco, Calif, to his father, ALS, 15 Feb 1851.

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Detailed letter to his father, also Ogden Hoffman, Esq., of Wall Street. Discusses legal issues, including progress of his practice and points of a complicated admiralty case, and criticizes Southern attorneys. Expresses concern about the absence of any extensive libraries and the lack of qualified applicants for the district judgeship which he would shortly fill.

4 p., and envelope.

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