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Charles James papers : mss., 1863-1872.
BANC MSS C-B 533LOCAL
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Charles James papers : mss., 1863-1872Creator/Contributor:
James, Charles, 1817-1901, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893Creator/Contributor:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Signer.Creator/Contributor:
Brown, Thomas.Creator/Contributor:
Vega, Plácido, 1830-1878Creator/Contributor:
McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885Creator/Contributor:
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872Creator/Contributor:
United States, Department of the Treasury.Creator/Contributor:
United States Custom House (San Francisco, Calif.)Abstract:
Handwritten copies of correspondence relating to the attempted export of arms from San Francisco, 1864. Handwritten copies
of Presidential and Treasury Dept. orders; correspondence as Collector of the Port and Customs, with E.F. Beale, Thomas Brown,
Placido Vega, General McDowell and others.
v.2 - Invitation to Mr. & Mrs. James to the ball, San Francisco, Nov. 17, 1863, honoring Admiral Popoff and officers of the
Russian Squadron; letter, Nov. 10, 1872, from Horace Greeley and printed copy of his acceptance of the Presidential nomination;
photostat of obituary of James from the Washington Post, 1901; and other materials; v.3 - Document signed by President Abraham
Lincoln commissioning Charles James Collector of Customs, San Francisco, 1864.
Date:
1863 (issued)Subject:
Arms transfers -- United StatesUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States
Russia -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia
Note:
Portrait transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1947.008--C)
Physical Description:
1 v., 1 portfolio, and 1 oversize folder.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 533LOCAL