Letter to Frederick S. Dellenbaugh [manuscript], 1914 June 29.

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Letter to Frederick S. Dellenbaugh [manuscript], 1914 June 29.

Downing, San Jose, California, discusses William Lewis Manly, his death and character; reveals that "Death Valley in '49" first appeared in a weekly paper edited by her husband, Henry A. Brainard; describes her husband's editing of the work for publication; plans to record California pioneer stories; and is writing a review of Edward Eggleston's The ultimate solution to the Negro problem.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935

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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, artist, topographer, explorer and author, was born September 13, 1853 in McConnelsville, Ohio. After graduating from high school in Buffalo, New York, Dellenbaugh's interest in painting and boating led his uncle Almon Harris Thompson to introduce him to John Wesley Powell. Thompson was Powell's brother-in-law and served as second-in-command and chief topographer of Powell's second expedition down the Colorado River in 1871-1873. Powell appointed the seventeen year o...

Brainard, Henry H. (Henry Hubert), -1897

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Manly, William Lewis, 1820-

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Brainard, Margaret

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Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902

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A native of Vevay, Ind., Eggleston was a Methodist preacher (1857-1866), a journalist, and beginning in 1871, a novelist. In the 1880s and 1890s he turned to history as a writing topic, and served as president of the American Historical Association. From the description of Papers, 1884-1912. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27970058 American author and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lake George, to the editor...