Letters discuss agriculture, particularly Scottish farming and British farm productivity in general; the coal industry; Buckland's views on geology; and various scientific discoveries.
Subject (Name):
Buckland, William, 1784-1856 and Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Great Britain, Bible and geology, and Farm management--Great Britain
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Description:
Imperfect: some letters mutilated with loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
Telling how the Mormons were influential in the discovery, and of Samuel Brannan's alleged illegal acquisition of the supplies and store of Isaac Rogers, Jr.
Subject (Name):
Rogers, Isaac,--Jr.,--1793-1849, Rogers, James S, and Rogers, Lester Tinker,--1821-
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining--California and Mormons--California
Two ALS dated at Columbia, California, written by Alvah I. Davis to "Wm. B." and "Dear Will," a friend in the East. A letter dated 1854 Nov 11 discusses his plans to return to the East from Oregon via California, his subsequent decision to remain in California following the wreck of the ship Yankee Blade during his passage from San Francisco, and his work as a miner near Columbia. A letter dated 1855 Jan 27-28 describes in detail his experiences during the wreck of the Yankee Blade and discusses his impressions of Columbia and his life as a miner. The letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Gold discoveries and Columbia (Calif.)
