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Hitchcock family papers.
BANC MSS C-B 351LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Hitchcock family papers

Creator/Contributor:

Hitchcock, Martha Taliaferro.

Creator/Contributor:

Dewey, Eugene E., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter), 1825-1909, Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Garnett, Maria Champe., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

LeConte, John, 1818-1891, Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901, Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Hitchcock, Charles M.

Creator/Contributor:

Hitchcock, Charles M., Mrs

Creator/Contributor:

Hyatt, John G.

Creator/Contributor:

Coit, Lillie Hitchcock, 1843-1929

Abstract:

Correspondence, papers, etc., of Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hitchcock and their daughter, Lillie Hitchcock Coit. Includes papers of Martha Taliaferro (Hunter) Hitchcock, 1851-1885; letters from Eugene E. Dewey, Richard Coulter Drum, Maria Champe Garnett, John LeConte, and Joseph LeConte, to Mrs. Charles M. Hitchcock; papers, 1835-1885 of Charles M. Hitchcock relating to his service as U.S. Army surgeon, and letters from him to Lorenzo Sitgreaves concerning real estate ventures in San Francisco; letter from John G. Hyatt to Charles M. Hitchcock, 1859; and items from the estate of Lillie Hitchcock Coit, including the Hunter family bible (v. 3) and genealogical notes.

Subject:

Sitgreaves, Lorenzo
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs

Note:

Family portraits, and a crucifix supposedly from the true Cross transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (Portraits cataloged as BANC PIC 1929.002--PIC. Crucifix stored as BANC PIC 19xx.031:65)
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Physical Description:

2 portfolios, 1 v., and 1 oversize folder.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-B 351LOCAL

Origin:

California