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Oakes Ames letter to E. D. Braford, 1868 January 14.
Wyles SC 7LOCAL
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Title:

Oakes Ames letter to E. D. Braford, 1868 January 14

Creator/Contributor:

Ames, Oakes, 1804-1873, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Bradford, Ed.

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Holograph thank you letter written from Washington, D. C. on Congressional stationery.

Date:

1868 (issued)

Subject:

Ames, Oakes -- 1804-1873 -- Correspondence
Ames, Oakes -- 1804-1873

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Oakes Ames was an American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who was asked by President Abraham Lincoln to build the Union Pacific portion of the transcontinental railroad.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Oakes Ames letter to E. D. Braford. Wyles SC 7. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

letters (correspondence)
personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf); 24 x 13 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Wyles SC 7LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.