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Correspondence; Miscellaneous Papers N.B.--Letters are addressed to Francis P. Holden unless otherwise indicated; name provided is that of author; letters written in Lockeford, California unless otherwise indicated
Personal Correspondence: 1857-1879
-Unidentified, Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, 11-14-57
-R.C. Whiting to "Aunt," Abington, Mass., 4-15-59 [pencil note re puzzle on back from "Julia" prob. written in California at later date; also printed township map w/ pencil notes signed "Francis P. Holden, Lockeford, Calif." on back]
-F.P. Howland, N. Abington, Massachusetts, 11-9-67
-Tand T. Holbrook to "Dear Christian Friend", No. Abington, Massachusetts, 8-18-74 [2 l.]
-Do. to "Dear Friend," No. Abington, Massachusetts, 4-10-75 [2 l.]
-Annie F. Powers, Bangor, Maine, 10-21-75
-Delia Hammond Locke [hereinafter referred to as "DHL"], Dutch Flat, 7-8-78
-Do., Lockeford, 8-7-78
-James G. Mills, Stockton, 4-29-79
-Do., 5-5-79
Personal Correspondence: 1880-1885
-"A.L.," 1-11-80 [3 l., including envelope]
-Lizzie McLellan to "Grandpa," San Jose, 3-15-80 [3 l.]
-Mrs. A.C. Packard, Los Angeles, 12-4-80
-Do., 3-10-81
-Tand T. Holbrook, N. Abington, Massachusetts, 5-14-81 [incl. env.]
-Mrs. A.C. Packard, Los Angeles, 10-17-81
-Tand T. Holbrook, N. Abington, Massachusetts, 2-11-83 [incl. env.]
-Ida [Locke], 2-14-83
-Charles Stetson, N. Abington, 3-14-83 [including envelope]
-Do., 7-17-84
-Tand T. Holbrook, N. Abington, 10-5-84
-Charles Stetson, N. Abington, 1-19-85
-Do., 2-22-85
-Mrs. R.W. King, Wichita, Kansas, 2-24-85
-L.W. Elliott, Atty., Stockton, 9-12-85
Personal Correspondence: 1887-1888
-Joan M. Bates, N..Abington, 2-2-87
-Lizzie McClellan, 2-27-87
-DHL, 10-6-87
-"Alice," 1-2-88 [2 l.]
-unidentified to "Uncle," 3-1-88
-"Lizzie [McLellan]," 3-13-88 [2 l.]
-Do., 5-18-88 [3 l.]
-Joseph L. Greenwood, N. Abington, 8-20-88
-"Your niece" Joan M. Bates, N. Abington, 9-4-88 [2 l., including envelope & letter from JMB to DHL dated 3-22-88]
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, California to "Aunt Susie," 10-28-88
-Susan L. Locke, 11-8-88 [including envelope]
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 11-23-88 [postcard]
-DHL, 12-3-88 [including envelope]
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 12-3-88
-"Lou," 12-8-88 [including envelope]
-"Alice," 12-16-88
-Joan M. Bates, N. Abington, 12-16-88 [including envelope]
-DHL, 12-17-88 [including envelope]
-Susan L. Locke, 12-19-88 [letter mutilated, including envelope]
-"Alice," 12-21-88
-"Lizzie" [McLellan], Jolon, California, 12-25-88
-Mary L. Moore, 12-26-88 [including envelope]
-DHL, 12-28-88 [including envelope]
-Joan M. Bates, N. Abington, 12-31-88
Personal Correspondence: 1889
-"Alice," 1-2 [2 l., including envelope
-DHL, 1-2
-Susan L. Locke, 1-7
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 1-21
-DHL, 1-25 [including envelope]
-Susan L. Locke, 2-8 [postcard]
-"Your nephew, Calvin," Oakdale, California, 2-9
-Lizzie McLellan, Jolon, 2-10
-Sarah P. Winsor, N. Abington, 2-12
-Sophia E. Bennett, Abington, 2-22 [2 l.]
-DHL, 2-25 [including envelope]
-Miss S. E. Owen, Morris Plains, New Jersey, 2-26
-Do., 3-3 [including envelope]
-"Alice," 3-8
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 3-17
-W.H. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 3-19
-A.C. Smith, Thompsonville, Illinois, 3-23
-DHL, 3-27 [including envelope]
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 4-1
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 4-22
-W.H. & Ida Pascoe, Rio Dell, 4-28
-Joan M. Bates, N. Abington, 5-1 [2 l., including envelope]
-DHL, 5-1 [including envelope]
-W.H. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 5-6
-DHL, 5-17 [including envelope]
-DHL, 5-25 [including envelope]
-W.H. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 6-4
-Ida Pascoe, Rio Dell, 6-24
-Julia C. Stetson, No. Abington, 6-8, [2 l., including envelope]
-DHL, 7-24, [including envelope]
-Lizzie, 7-25
-Mr. R.K. Sieg "Your Christian friend", New Salem, Massachusetts 7-27 [2 l.]
-DHL, 8-1 [including envelope]
-Ida L. Pascoe and DHL, 8-2 [postcard]
-Do., 8-4 [postcard]
-Do., 8-5 [postcard]
-N.H. Locke, 8-5 [telegraph announcing death of W.H. Pascoe]
-Hannah, Nashua, New Hampshire, 8-26 [4 l.]
-Julia C. Stetson, No. Abington, 9-6
-Lizzie, 9-8
-DHL, 9-9
-unidentified, Abington, 9-12
-S.K. Torvle addressed to "friend" Holden, Deer Island Hospital Boston, 9-22
-DHL, 9-30
-Susan L. Locke, 10-9
-T. Holbrook, N. Abington, 10-18 [2 l.]
-Joan M. Bates, No. Abington, 10-14 [2 l.]
-Julia C. Stetson, No. Abington, 10-17
-Benton Pascoe, 11-2
-Ida Pascoe, Rio Dell, 11-13
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 11-13 [2 l.]
-Lizzie, 11-10 [2 p.]
-"Ada", No. Highland St., Brockton, 11-12
-Julia C. Stetson, No. Abington, 12-11
-Lizzie, 12-21 [1 p. & 1 l.]
Personal Corresp.: 1890-1891
-Julia C. Stetson, No. Abington, 1-10-90
-Ida L. Pascoe, Rio Dell, 1-21-90
-[Lizzie] Jolon, 2-3-90
-DHL, 3-3-90
-unident., N. Abington, 3-4-90
-Sophia [Bennett], No. Abington, 3-22-90 [2 l.]
-"Mother", addressed to "Ida and Uncle," 3-31-90
-Susan L. Locke, 4-21-90 [including envelope]
-Lizzie, 4-21-90
-DHL, 4-12-90 [including envelope]
-Do., 4-28-90
-Lizzie, Jolon, 5-18-90 [l. missing]
-DHL, 5-19-90
-Do., 5-26-90
-T. Holbrook, N. Abington, 6-1-90 [2 l.]
-Lucy P. Goff, Stockton, 6-1-90
-DHL, 6-9-90 [2 l.]
-Susan L. Locke, 6-11-90
-Sophia [Bennett], Abington, 6-12-90
-DHL, 6-23-90
-Do., 7-7-90
-Lizzie, 7-28-90 [2 l.]
-Sophia [Bennett], Abington, 8-18-90
-Lizzie, 9-21-90
-Do., 9-28-90 [2 l.]
-Do., 10-5-90
-Do., 11-6-90 [2 l.]
-E[zra] W. McLellan, Jolon, 11-8-90 [2 l.]
-Lizzie, 12-7-90
-T.Holbrook, No. Abington, 1-18-91
-Lizzie, 2-1-91
-Mary Perkins, Jolon, 2-17-91
-Ida L. Pascoe, 3-3-91
-Lizzie, 3-15-91
-Sophia [Bennett], Abington, 4-4-91
-Lizzie, Jolon, 4-22-91
-Josie, Selma, California to "Grandpa," 6-23-91
-W.Dicknett, West Wingham, Mass., 8-19-91 [incl. env]
-T. Holbrook, No. Abington, 8-22-91
-Ida L. Pascoe, Scotia, California, 9-13-91
-Hannah, 11-8-91 [including envelope]
-"Mother" [DHL] to "Ida and Uncle," 12-9-91
Personal Correspondence: 1892-1893
-Lizzie, Jolon, 1-8-92
-T. Holbrook, No. Abington, 1-92
-Sophia [Bennett], Abington, 1-14-92
-Mary H. Porest, French Camp, 2-8-92
-Susan L. Locke, 2-12-92
-Lucy P. Goff, Fresno, 2-20-92 [2 p.]
-Hannah, 2-21-92
-Susan L. Locke, 2-28-92
-DHL, 3-3-92
-T. Holbrook, No. Abington, 3-21-92 [3 l.]
-S.L. Martin, Stockton, 3-22-92
-H.L. Geffroy, Lodi, 5-5-92
-[5 l. tied together w/ thread]
-DHL, 5-5-92
-W.W.Locke, Boston, 4-10-92
-DHL, 4-21-92
-Susan L. Locke, 4-11-92
-DHL, 3-31-92
-"Mother" [DHL] to Ida [L. Pascoe], 5-5-92
-Susan L. Locke, 5-25-92
-unident. to "Uncle," Abington, 9-92
-Mary H. Priest, French Camp, 10-5-92
-Benton Pascoe, Scotia, 11-1-92 [3 l.]
-Ida Pascoe, Scotia, 8-25-92
-Pascoe family, Scotia, 1-4-93
-Ida [L. Pascoe] & children, Scotia, 1-15-93
-Lizzie, Jolon, 2-5-93
-T. Holbrook, N. Abington, 2-8-93
-Lizzie, Jolon, 2-13-93 [2 l.]
-Sophia [Bennett], Abington, 2-23-93 [including envelope]
-Lizzie, Jolon, 3-5-93
-Sophia [Bennett], 4-10-93
-T. Holbrook, No. Abington, 4-93 [including envelope]
-Lizzie, Jolon, 5-7-93 [2 l.]
-Ida [L. Pascoe], Scotia, 5-21-93
-Lizzie, Jolon, 5-22-93
-Sophia [Bennett], Abington, 9-21-93 [2 l.]
-Levi Langdon, Stockton, 10-22-93
Undated Personal Correspondence
-"Alice," "Monday morning"
-Do., "Tuesday morning"
-Do., "At home, Friday morning"
-Do., Lockeford, "Jan. 22nd"
-Do. [pencil on 4x5 scrap]
-Hannah, Lodi, "Oct. 8th"
-S.B. Geffroy
-Susan L. Locke, "Jan..." [letter mutilated]
-Gussie [McLellan], Jolon, "Dec. 26"
-Joan M. Bates, N. Abington, "Dec. 28th"
Business Papers: Massachusetts, 1835-1866
-James Holden to FPH, Receipt, 1835
-Ebenezer Shaw to FPH, Deed to 4+ ac. in N. Abington, 1854
-Subscriber list, organ purchase, north church, N. Abington, 1856 [2 l.; including list of other church expenses, 1857]
-Henry E. Hersey to FPH, Receipt for notarization, 1857
-Mrs. S[arah] P. Winsor account w/ FPH, 1858-1866
-FPH to S.P. Winsor, Promissory Note, 1858
-Josiah P. Cushing to FPH, record lst rental payments to FPH on Massachusetts property, 1861
-FPH note on failure of J.P. Cushing to provide him with accounting of monies taken in over five years, 1-28-66
Business Papers: Kingman Estate, Kingston, Massachusetts 1852-1858
-Inventory, Hingham, Massachusetts, 10-25-52
-Joseph S. Beal, Kingston, Massachusetts, 6-23-55
-Do., 6-27-55
-Bequest to Hannah Kingman, August 1855
-"The third account of George Kingman, Administrator of the goods and estate of Warren Kingman...," November 1855
-"The first account of George Kingman, Guardian of Joseph W. Kingman...," December 1855
-Receipt for JWK funeral costs, 12-5-55
-Tax receipt, 1856
-"Expenses of settling J. Warren Kingman Estate," 1855-1858
Business Papers: California, 1860s-1880s
-J. Riddley to D.J. Locke, Recpt. for payment for labor, n.d. [c1860]
-Envelope marked: "there is nothing in this package worth saving..." containing:
-George W. & William H. Lee to FPH, Promissory note on loan, 10-19-60 [including yellow envelope w/ amounts noted]
-A. H. Damon to FPH, Promissory note on loan, 4-1-65
-Natt. S. Damon to FPH, do., 5-1-65
-Jonathan Andrews account with FPH, 1865
-Do., 1868
-F.J. Martin to FPH, Promissory note on loan, 9-18-69
-James T. Mills, Hardware, Stockton to FPH, Receipt, 12-15-76
-Frank E. Read & Everett A. Read w/ FPH, Agreement to run sheep for one year in exchange for three quarters of wool, Visalia, 3-7-74
-Clara E. Read to FPH, Receipt for payment, 3-7-74
-FPH to Clara E. Read, Promissory note, 3-7-74
-Clara E. Read to FPH, Receipt for wool payment, 4-24-74
-Testimony of Jose Silva, witness, in Holden v. Read, San Benito County Court, 12-29-74
-FPH, Deposition stating that plaintiffs took sheep & wool away forcibly, 9-18-74
-Douglass & Co. to R. P. Grant, Receipt 2-9-75
-M. Miltjen to R. P. Grant, Receipt, 3-13-75
-FPH to Messrs. Owens, More & Co. to FPH, 12-5-76 ["copy"]
-Charles Gibson, Milton, California to FPH, 11-16-81
-Charles Gibson with FPH, Calaveras Co. land Sale Agreement, 11-16-81
-Charles Gibson to FPH, Receipt for payment on land, 12-3-81
-Charles Gibson to FPH, Receipt for payment on land, 1-7-82
Miscellaneous Personal Papers
-Commonwealth of Massachusetts certification that F. Powers fought and was wounded at Bunker Hill, 7-17-54
-Letters of introduction from Abington friends, 1858 [3]
-FPH's stipulations for his funeral & headstone, n.d. [2 l.]
-FPH genealogical information, n.d.
-Journal pg., 1865
-FPH & Abigail C. Edgerton, Marriage certificate, 9-17-68
-Calling cards [from wedding?]: G. Pattersons, Clara Cobb, C.T. Morses [including envelope marked "Mr. & Mrs. Francis P. Holden"]
-Good Templars Lodge, certificate of lodge deputy commission, Lockeford, California, 1887 [2]
-Stockton Congregational Church, 1889-91 [5 items]
Notes & Scraps
-"Ah Soon [?] Cr." [ink on lined paper torn from account book]
-Envelope [yellow] marked "Church resolution..."
-"Resolved that the First Congregational Society of Stockton..." [ink on lined paper]
-"What strong drink does it cost..." [on back of Powell's Gang Plow ad]
-"These letters have been examined..." [pencil on irregular scrap]
-"In this box will be found..." [pencil on Mutual Life of NY letterhead]
-Envelope addressed: "R.S. of Live Oak Division, S. of T., Lockeford, California"
-List of purchases of hard goods with prices , n.d. [pencil on lined paper torn from acccount book]
-Envelope w/ ink note about notes to Ezra W. McLellan, 1893
-Envelope marked: "Gibson papers/J.T. Mills acct./J. Andrews"
-"Memoranda" [page torn from notebook; contains poetry, names & addresses, notes]
-Notes on membership practices of Templars [?] [pencil, 2 l.]
Photographs
-unidentified male, age ca.35 yrs., ca.1855 [ambrotype]
-unidentified male with full beard, age ca.45 yrs., ca.1855 [ambrotype]
-unidentified male scowling with side whiskers, age ca.40 yrs., ca.1855
-unidentified woman, age ca.30 yrs., 1860s [albumin]
-unidentified baby [albumin]
-unidentified female child, ca.1870 [tintype]
-Susie Pascoe & Joseph Augustine Benton Pascoe, ages ca.3 & 1 yrs., c1889
Miscellaneous Advertisements & Other Printed Matter [N.B.--items are advertising flyers unless otherwise indicated]
-"The Dying Wife" [poem]
-"General Grant" from American Sabbath Union (n.d.)
-"Mary Louise Booth" from People's Illustrated Journal (c1890)
-"Prof. Horsford's Baking Preparations"
-"Free Trade is Slave Trade" [3 l.; photos with text]
-"Saved by a film of oil" [engraving of ship Minerva from The Youth's Companion]
-Real Pen-Work Co. advertising materials [8 items]
-Baker Remedy Co., 1889 ["childbirth without pain"]
-Stevens Bros. Dollar Typewriter & other products [5 items]
-The Peruvian Remedy Co. [cold medication]
-"Mother's Prayers"
-"Interesting facts" [miscellaneous information]
-Misc. business cards [in envelope]
Mrs. Hannah Holden, N. Abington, Massachusetts
River Express Co., Stockton & SF [card & freight tag]
John T. Oldham, Harness, Stockton.
Mrs. F. P. Holden, 348 Main St., Stockton. [2]
Thomas Cunningham, Sheriff--electioneering card
F.P. Holden, Stockton.
L.M. Harkness, Gents' Furnishings, Stockton.
H.R. Allen [signature on strip lined paper]
Lake Harkness "with the 181 El Dorado St. Stores," Stockton.
R.S. Johnson, Republican nominee for State Senator
Western Hotel, Sacramento.
Frank E. Read, San Francisco
T.J. Alexander, Veterinary Surgeon, Stockton.
G.N. Higgins, Produce, Stockton. [2]
Russ House, San Jose
Revere House, Eureka
City Scales receipt. for FPH horse wt., 1888
William E. Sheldon, Boston [2]
Occidental Hotel, Stockton.
-Franklin Putnam, Photography equipment, NY, 1888
-Tokology [medical guide], advertisement & book order form
-"Two story poultry house," Farm & Fireside
-Buckner's Musical Chart
-True Manhood; A Manual for Young Men, advertisement
-The World's Fair Needle & Toilet Pin Case
-Central & Southern Pacific Railroads Timetable via "The Loop" [including picture & description of "The Loop"]
-Foreign Art & Loan Exchange, Cincinnati [torn in two pieces]
-Great Western Supply Co., Chicago [illusustrated advertisement brochure]
-Climax Publ. Co., Chicago
-Manufacturers' Shoe Store, Boston [tinted picture postcard]
Books
Chase, Simeon B., Manual, Or Exposition of the Independent Order of Good Templars, Embracing its History, Objects, and Workings . Milwaukee: The Right Worthy Grand Lodge, 1881.
The Compound Oxygen Treatment for the Cure of Chronic Diseases by a Natural Process of Revitalization: Unsolicited Testimonials and Reports of Cases . Philadelphia: Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1884.
Pamphlet: The Compound Oxygen Treatment , n.d.
Pamphlet: What is Compound Oxygen and How does it Cure? , 1880
D. Ransom, Son &. Co., Ransom's Family Receipt Book, 1881: Free to Everyone: It Contains Many Cooking, Coloring, Painting, and Miscellaneous Receipts--a Calendar, Interest and Other Rules--and Many Facts Worth Knowing . Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1881.
Doherty, William King. Impotence or Virility. A Short Treatise on Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness. Impotence the Vice of Onanism, Masturbation or Self-Abuse, and Other Diseases of the Sexual Organs. San Francisco: William King Doherty, 1869.
Houghtaling, Charles E., Houghtaling's Hand-Book of Useful Information. Albany, N.Y.: Chas. E. Houghtaling, 1886.
Humphreys, F., Manual of Specific Homoeopathy for the Administration of Medicine and Cure of Disease. New York: Humphreys' Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., 1869.
Independent Order of Good Templars, Grand Lodge of California. Constitution, by-Laws and Rules of Order for Grand, Subordinate and District Lodges. I. O. G. T. of the State of California. Sacramento: H. Crocker, 1887.
Constitution, by-Laws, Rules of Order, etc. of Stockton Lodge, no. 182, I. O. G. T. Sacramento: H. Crocker, 1881.
Kendall, B. J., A Treatise on the Horse and His Diseases. Illustrated. Containing an “Index of Diseases,” which gives the symptoms, cause, and the best treatment of each; a table giving all the Principal Drugs used for the Horse, with the Ordinary Dose, Effects, and Antidote when a Poison; a table with an engraving of the horse’s teeth at different ages, with rules for telling the age of the Horse; a valuable collection of receipts, and much other valuable information. Claremont, N.H.: Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1882.
Lanctot, Benoni. Chinese and English Phrase Book, with the Chinese Pronunciation Indicated in English, Specially Adapted for the use of Merchants, Travelers and Families. San Francisco; New York: A. Roman & Company, 1867.
The Stockton Daily Evening Mail Annual for 1882 with Fifty Fine Illustrations on Wood by Leading Artists of the United States. Together with Descriptive Sketches of our Leading Business Houses. Stockton, CA: Mail Publishing Company, 1882.
Whitcross, John. The Assembly’s Shorter Catechism, Illustrated by Appropriate Anecdotes; Chiefly Designed to Assist Parents and Sabbath School Teachers, in the Instruction of Youth. New York: Robert Carter, 1848
Diaries; Account Books
"1858-1859" Brown ledger book, 1858-c.1889
-"Diary, 1865" [black leatherette cover with flap] 1865
"Diary 1866" [Bancroft's Diary 1866], 1866
"This is the Subscription book...Stockton Congregational Church...." [tan leather covers], c.1868-c.1876
"I have looked through this book [Diary 1870], 1870
"Diary" [Bancroft's Diary 1871], 1871
"Diary"/"I have examined this book...sheep business" [Diary 1872], 1872
"Diary", [Pacific Diary for 1874], 1874
"1877 Recipes and Medical Treatments, FR Holden" Brown book with leather binding, c.1874-c.1892
"Diary 1875" [Bancroft's Pacific Coast Diary 1875], 1875
"Hostetter's Business Calendar for 1886" Blue book with leather binding. Containing recipes, lists, accounts, c.1875-c.1894
"Pacific Diary 1876" [The Pacific Diary ....1876], 1876
"keep this book fur use if necessary" brown leather with alphabetical tabs, c.1876-c.1878
"In this book is an account which I wish to keep..." pasted to front cover; concerns a dispute with Dr. D.J. Locke over a horse], c.1878-c.1879
"The Pacific Coast Diary" [Bancroft's Pacific Coast Diary 1881], 1881
Untitled, paper covers with red star in center, c.1881-c.1882
"1882 The Pacific Coast Diary" [Bancroft's Pacific Coast Diary 1882], 1882
"This Book Contains an acct of my work for D.J. Lock[e] 1885" blue, [Excelsior Diary for 1885], 1885
"1887 F. P. HOLDEN" leather, 1887
"In this Diary has been experience..." [Pacific Coast Diary 1889] 1889
"331 1/2" [Pacific Coast Diary for 1890, beige canvas covers, brown leatherette trim with flap; including addresses of correspondents] 1890
"The Pacific Coast Diary" [Bancroft's Pacific Coast Diary for 1891], 1891
"66" [The Monarch Diary of the Pacific Coast 1892], 1892
Untitled brown leather cover. Accounts, lists, c.1892-c.1893
"Excelsior Diary" [claret leatherette cover with flap, embossed in gold, Excelsior Diary Columbian Edition 1893], 1893