Samuel Post Davis papers, 1908-1969.

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Samuel Post Davis papers, 1908-1969.

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Correspondence, literary manuscripts, and printed materials relating chiefly to Davis's activities as a newspaper reporter, editor and publisher in Carson City, Nev., and San Francisco, Calif. Includes letter (24 Nov. 1914), from Fred W. Clough to Clarence M. Wooster discussing Mark Twain's cabin at Jackass Hill (near Angel's Camp, in Calaveras County), Calif., and Davis's interest in it; copy of letter (24 Jan. 1908), from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to Davis regarding the establishment of a Nevada state police force; and the text of a speech celebrating the installation of electric water pumps in the lower levels of the Comstock Lode mines.

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Nevada State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8215076

Nevada State Historical Society

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Clough, Fred W.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Davis, Sam P. (Sam Post), 1850-1918

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Nevada and California newspaper editor and publisher, writer; Nevada public official (state controller, 1899-1907). From the description of Samuel Post Davis papers, 1908-1969. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 78463825 ...

Wooster, Clarence M.

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