Letter to an unidentified recipient [manuscript] : Medfield, Massachusetts, 1847 August 2.

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Letter to an unidentified recipient [manuscript] : Medfield, Massachusetts, 1847 August 2.

Derby discusses his trip to Saratoga, his planned return to Mexico, and a meeting with a Mr. Schouler in New York City. A letter, 1933 July 23, from George R. Stewart, Jr. to a Dr. Pleadwell discusses the first letter [1 item].

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Pleadwell, Dr.,

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Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861

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George Horatio Derby was born on April 3, 1823, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He graduated from West Point in 1846 and served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Topographic Corps. He mapped the San Diego River in 1853 before moving to San Francisco in 1854 to marry Mary A. Coons. While in San Francisco, Derby began writing satiric articles for the San Francisco Herald and California Pioneer Magazine, for which he used the pseudonyms "John P. Squibob" and "John Phoenix." Derby died of a possible brain ...

Stewart, George R., Jr.,

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