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Edward Robbins Howe papers, 1863-1877.
BANC MSS C-B 573LOCAL
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Title:

Edward Robbins Howe papers, 1863-1877

Creator/Contributor:

Howe, Edward Robbins, 1843-, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Raymond, Rossiter W. (Rossiter Worthington), 1840-1918

Creator/Contributor:

Adelberg & Raymond

Abstract:

Autographs of his regiment in the Massachussetts volunteers, 1863; autobiographical sketch, 1864; diaries, letters to family and letterpress copybook describing his arrival in San Francisco in 1869, his social and business life there, his career as mining consultant in Salt Lake City, Utah and in Pioche, Nevada, 1872-1873, and his participation in amateur theatricals both in San Francisco and Pioche. Included also are copies of reports of Adelberg & Raymond on mines in Montana, Nevada and Utah, 1865-1866, and a report by R.W. Raymond on property of the Mineral City Mining and Smelting Company in Illinois, 1874.

Date:

1863 (issued)

Subject:

Mines and mineral resources -- Utah
Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada
Mines and mineral resources -- Montana
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Commerce
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Pioche (Nev.)
Salt Lake City (Utah)

Note:

Portraits transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.

Type:

Diaries.
Letterpress copybooks.

Physical Description:

1 box.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-B 573LOCAL

Origin:

Various places