Letter : New York, to his cousin, 1856 Sept 11.

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Letter : New York, to his cousin, 1856 Sept 11.

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ALS from Jacob Ritterband to an unidentified cousin describing Solomon Carvalho's first public speech in support of John C. Frémont's 1856 presidential bid, details about Carvalho's contract for Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West, Carvalho's initial attitude towards Frémont after his return from California in 1853, and Ritterband's own preference for the American Party's candidate.

1 item (4 p.) ; 26 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

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John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a US Senator from California, and in 1856 was the first Republican nominee for President of the United States. A native of Georgia, Frémont acquired male protectors after his father's death, and became proficient in mathematics, science, and surveying. During the 1840s, he led five expeditions into the Western United States and became known as "The Pathfinder". During the...

Ritterband, Jacob Solis.

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Solomon Nunes Carvalho, painter and photographer of Jewish Spanish-Portuguese descent, accompanied John C. Frémont in 1853-53 during his fifth and final effort to find a central western railroad route to the Pacific. In 1857 Carvalho published a personal account of his journey entitled Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West: with Col. Frémont's Last Expedition Across the Rocky Mountains (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857). From the description of Letter : New York, to ...

Carvalho, Solomon Nunes, 1815-1897

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