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Commissioners Deed from the Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad Company by Hiram L. Chipman, Special Commissioner, to Hart, of Lansing, Michigan, transferring land in Bay County. Recorded March 11, 1872. ADS.

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"Indian Depredations," n.d. Concerns Bozeman Trail history. 4 pages.

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One letter, January 14, 1926, to Malcolm Campbell, TLS; and newsclippings, 1924-1933 and n.d. from Wyoming newspapers, some with articles written by Hebard and others about her and Wyoming history. 16 items.

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"The Story of a Busy Life," autobiography, 1885-1897, 1903-1907, of this Oregon Congressman. Mixed typescript and carbon typescript, 46 pages. and a one page ink holograph.

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"The Sanitary Commission: Its Philanthropic Works and Purposes," September 10, 1864. Ink holograph of a speech, 30 pages.

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"Random Shadows of the Old Frontier," by Robert V. Carr, Frontier Stories, n.d., pp. 145-151. Also one newsclipping, n.d.

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Newsclippings, 1926-1930 and n.d. 24 items.

Scope and Contents Letters to Holman in unspecified locations--possibly St. Louis--regarding his [assaying and mercantile?] business and the prospects of bettering himself as a prospector; written by colleagues, miners, friends and family giving news of life in the gold, silver, and quartz mining regions--and life enroute thereto--of Colorado and Idaho in 1861-62, including direct comparisons of the two areas. Locations described include California Gulch, Hamilton, and Tarryall District in Colorado, and...

Scope and Contents Hooker was a bullwhacker, plainsman, journalist, and author; spent most of his newspaper career in Wisconsin; well known also in Wyoming and New York City. Additional biographical information is available in Box 5, Folder 17. A gathering of literary manuscripts, correspondence, and newsclippings received from Fred Rosenstock and added to the Ellison papers after the main body of the collection had been organized and described. To enhance patron use photocopies of 12 items or packets of...

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"So You Can't Take It", by Earl H. Emmons about W.F. Hooker, pp. 7-8 in The Composing Room, a pamphlet published monthly by the Monotype Typographic Group, New York, Vol. 10, No. 7, January 1933, with transmittal note from Hooker to RSE, Feb. 2, 1933.