Letters to Joel Robert Chappell, 1876.

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Letters to Joel Robert Chappell, 1876.

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Two letters written to Joel Robert Chappell shortly before his death. The first, dated January 24, 1876, was written by H.L. Binford, a Los Angeles real estate broker who had also lived in Jackson, Tennessee. Binford writes of the restoration of his own health after moving to California, the temperance of the climate, and the successes of local farmers and business professionals. The second letter was written by H. Stephens in Los Angeles and dated February 19, 1876, the day after Chappell's death. In the letter Stephens writes of the availability of timber ("taken as a whole the country is not well wooded"), housing conditions, the cost of land, and sea passage to San Francisco. He also advises Chappell to buy a small amount of land and to save enough money to live on for a year.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Chappell, Joel Robert,

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Joel Robert Chappell was born in Halifax, Virginia, on February 28, 1819. He was a successful businessman before the Civil War, until his iron foundry was confiscated by the Union army. He moved to Jackson, Tenneesee, and had plans to travel to California, but before he could do so he became ill and died on February 18, 1876. From the description of Letters to Joel Robert Chappell, 1876. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 658899080 ...

Binford, H.L.,

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Stephens, H.,

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