Box Shared MSS 10

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters from Watkins at Carson City, Ft. Churchill, and Genoa, Nevada to "My Dear Burnett," plus typescripts: the first describes Watkins' difficulties with federal soldiers claiming his land for Ft. Churchill and his going into debt; the second letter continues his tale of disagreement with the military, price of hay, intentions of building a hotel, and arrival of the Paiute Chief Winnemucca at Ft. Churchill; the third was written from jail in Genoa and discusses his financial and legal...

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Collins' letter written from Aurora, Nevada to J. F. Preddy seeks an engagement at the new Carson Opera House during the 1879 session of the Nevada legislature and provides his itinerary for the rest of November.

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Letter of complaint from Bousfield in Virginia City to William Sharon about H. M. Yerington's attempts to encourage others to enter the milk-supplying business.

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Letters from Westerfield in Battle Mountain, Nevada to George H. Densmore proposing the establishment of a newspaper in Battle Mountain to promote the proposed Austin Railroad between Battle Mountain and Austin, and politicking in the Nevada election of 1879, hinting that he would accept the position of private secretary to Governor Bradley.

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Ticket for the Anniversary Ball held at the Miners' Union Hall in Silver City, Nevada

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Business letters written by Sewell Alvin Knapp Jr. to his father, and his brothers, A. Eugene, Ed, and Will, discussing mining and lumbering interests; a lawsuit in which Knapp Sr. was involved; and the discovery, claiming, and progress of the Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company, of which Eugene was superintendent.

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Business letters written by Sewell Alvin Knapp Jr. to his father, and his brothers, A. Eugene, Ed, and Will, discussing mining and lumbering interests; a lawsuit in which Knapp Sr. was involved; and the discovery, claiming, and progress of the Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company, of which Eugene was superintendent.

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Business letters written by Sewell Alvin Knapp Jr. to his father, and his brothers, A. Eugene, Ed, and Will, discussing mining and lumbering interests; a lawsuit in which Knapp Sr. was involved; and the discovery, claiming, and progress of the Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company, of which Eugene was superintendent.

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Business letters written by Sewell Alvin Knapp Jr. to his father, and his brothers, A. Eugene, Ed, and Will, discussing mining and lumbering interests; a lawsuit in which Knapp Sr. was involved; and the discovery, claiming, and progress of the Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company, of which Eugene was superintendent.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Business letters written by Sewell Alvin Knapp Jr. to his father, and his brothers, A. Eugene, Ed, and Will, discussing mining and lumbering interests; a lawsuit in which Knapp Sr. was involved; and the discovery, claiming, and progress of the Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company, of which Eugene was superintendent.