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Dr John Townsend
San Francisco
California
Politeness of Mr Wells
Monterey February 08 1848
Dear Brother & Sister
I write to you jointly for the reason of not havingtime to write to you both. I have nothing worthy of your attention. But still I write to keep up appearances times are very full in Monterey at present. There are several vessels lying here with goods for sale. But the merchants are too poor to buy.The Squdsen will probably not return to the coast before the month of June or July. Com. Shubrick has possesion of Magatlan. But he has to hold it by his own forces. He has written to Gov. Mason to furnish him with 1000 men by the most Speedy conveyance possible. The Gov. has sent Lieut Wannen, to the Salt Lake for the purpose of enlisting. Some (Mormens?) believe he has also sent to San Francisco to try to charter a vessel to go to Origon for the same purpose. There is a party of Americans & Californians said to be stealing horses near the Pueblo & San Johns valley [sic]. They are said to have about 200 to 300 horses in their possession now. The Gov is about sending some troops after them, a party of citizens [sic] are also preparing to go in pursuit of them. I found Mrs Townsends horse in the possession of Mr Hoqt very much misused. I took him from him & he is now at Carmel to pasture. He is too poor to send up to her now. But as soon as he gets in good order I will send him to her, providing there is a good opportunity on offer.
TFP-015b
We look for el Sinor Don Jose Castro today [sic] or tomorrow with Juan Loberanes. Salvador Ocu has left his father & mo suppose that he has gone to San Francisco he fell out with his father & left him without one stitch of Clothing. The supposition is that he is going to the U.S. Gov. Mason has made Chvas prisoner [sic] today what for I don't know. But I suppose he was suspicious of him.
Land is not increasing much in Monterey. Mr. Beldon wishes to sell some lots 30 X 70 feet in front of Einloscks at auction. One sold for 85$ & the other for 60$. He concluded & quit selling [sic].
Mrs Townsend writes to me that Lindsdorff sold a lot joining yours for teen hundred dollars. Now how many teens, is left for me to guess whether it was Eleven teen Twelve or Thirteen I can't tell. Please tell her to try & spell a little better. I spell bad enough but she spells too bad. Miss Carmen scoldes her to me any time I see her because she don't write to her.
All her & your old friends send their love to you. We are playing smash with the eggs here. But we much in want of material to fill them with. It has become intensely out of fashion to [illegible] them Cologne water & there being no (Osopel?) nor ribbons it makes it bad. I understand that you are going to mine with Mr Mellus. There has been a very rich mine found close to Mr Forbes' mine on Cook's farm. Mr Larkin has as land in [illegible]. It has produced thirty three percent [?] in Monterey. O Forbes has offered to make Cook independent if he would give hin all his right [sic] & claim [sic] to his farm but Cook would not do it.
We have had some considerable sickness in town lately. Malaria has been and is yet very sick. Old Mariana Sohesances came very near dying this week. John Murphy came to town today he says his family are all well. I hope you will soon write to me and give me all the news. Tell me about Montgomary. I heard some time ago that he had left wife.
If you can procur eany Guitar strings please buy them & Gleason will pay you the money for them & I will pay him when he comes down. We cant procure them here for land nor money.
I remain your affectionate brother
To Dr John & Mrs E.L. Townsend
Moses Schallenberger
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| Title | Townsend Correspondence 1848 |
| Creator | Moses Schallenberger |
| Date | 1848-02-08 |
| Description | A letter from Moses Schallenberger to both his sister and brother in law, Elizabeth and John Townsend from Monterey. |
| Object Type | correspondence |
| Format | jpeg |
| Rights | We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. |
| Collection | Townsend Family Papers 1826-1914 |
| Language | english |
| Repository | California Room, San Jose Public Library |
| Transcript | Dr John Townsend San Francisco California Politeness of Mr Wells Monterey February 08 1848 Dear Brother & Sister I write to you jointly for the reason of not havingtime to write to you both. I have nothing worthy of your attention. But still I write to keep up appearances times are very full in Monterey at present. There are several vessels lying here with goods for sale. But the merchants are too poor to buy.The Squdsen will probably not return to the coast before the month of June or July. Com. Shubrick has possesion of Magatlan. But he has to hold it by his own forces. He has written to Gov. Mason to furnish him with 1000 men by the most Speedy conveyance possible. The Gov. has sent Lieut Wannen, to the Salt Lake for the purpose of enlisting. Some (Mormens?) believe he has also sent to San Francisco to try to charter a vessel to go to Origon for the same purpose. There is a party of Americans & Californians said to be stealing horses near the Pueblo & San Johns valley [sic]. They are said to have about 200 to 300 horses in their possession now. The Gov is about sending some troops after them, a party of citizens [sic] are also preparing to go in pursuit of them. I found Mrs Townsends horse in the possession of Mr Hoqt very much misused. I took him from him & he is now at Carmel to pasture. He is too poor to send up to her now. But as soon as he gets in good order I will send him to her, providing there is a good opportunity on offer. TFP-015b We look for el Sinor Don Jose Castro today [sic] or tomorrow with Juan Loberanes. Salvador Ocu has left his father & mo suppose that he has gone to San Francisco he fell out with his father & left him without one stitch of Clothing. The supposition is that he is going to the U.S. Gov. Mason has made Chvas prisoner [sic] today what for I don't know. But I suppose he was suspicious of him. Land is not increasing much in Monterey. Mr. Beldon wishes to sell some lots 30 X 70 feet in front of Einloscks at auction. One sold for 85$ & the other for 60$. He concluded & quit selling [sic]. Mrs Townsend writes to me that Lindsdorff sold a lot joining yours for teen hundred dollars. Now how many teens, is left for me to guess whether it was Eleven teen Twelve or Thirteen I can't tell. Please tell her to try & spell a little better. I spell bad enough but she spells too bad. Miss Carmen scoldes her to me any time I see her because she don't write to her. All her & your old friends send their love to you. We are playing smash with the eggs here. But we much in want of material to fill them with. It has become intensely out of fashion to [illegible] them Cologne water & there being no (Osopel?) nor ribbons it makes it bad. I understand that you are going to mine with Mr Mellus. There has been a very rich mine found close to Mr Forbes' mine on Cook's farm. Mr Larkin has as land in [illegible]. It has produced thirty three percent [?] in Monterey. O Forbes has offered to make Cook independent if he would give hin all his right [sic] & claim [sic] to his farm but Cook would not do it. We have had some considerable sickness in town lately. Malaria has been and is yet very sick. Old Mariana Sohesances came very near dying this week. John Murphy came to town today he says his family are all well. I hope you will soon write to me and give me all the news. Tell me about Montgomary. I heard some time ago that he had left wife. If you can procur eany Guitar strings please buy them & Gleason will pay you the money for them & I will pay him when he comes down. We cant procure them here for land nor money. I remain your affectionate brother To Dr John & Mrs E.L. Townsend Moses Schallenberger |
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| File Name | csj-TownsendCorr-015a.jpg |
| Title | Townsend Correspondence, 1848 |
| Creator | Moses Schallenberger |
| Date | 1848-02-08 |
| Description | A letter from Moses Schallenberger to both his sister and brother in law, Elizabeth and John Townsend from Monterey. |
| Object Type | Correspondence |
| Format | jpeg |
| Rights | We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. |
| Collection | Townsend Family Papers 1826-1914 |
| Language | english |
| Repository | California Room, San Jose Public Library |
| Transcript | Dr John Townsend San Francisco California Politeness of Mr Wells Monterey February 08 1848 Dear Brother & Sister I write to you jointly for the reason of not havingtime to write to you both. I have nothing worthy of your attention. But still I write to keep up appearances times are very full in Monterey at present. There are several vessels lying here with goods for sale. But the merchants are too poor to buy.The Squdsen will probably not return to the coast before the month of June or July. Com. Shubrick has possesion of Magatlan. But he has to hold it by his own forces. He has written to Gov. Mason to furnish him with 1000 men by the most Speedy conveyance possible. The Gov. has sent Lieut Wannen, to the Salt Lake for the purpose of enlisting. Some (Mormens?) believe he has also sent to San Francisco to try to charter a vessel to go to Origon for the same purpose. There is a party of Americans & Californians said to be stealing horses near the Pueblo & San Johns valley [sic]. They are said to have about 200 to 300 horses in their possession now. The Gov is about sending some troops after them, a party of citizens [sic] are also preparing to go in pursuit of them. I found Mrs Townsends horse in the possession of Mr Hoqt very much misused. I took him from him & he is now at Carmel to pasture. He is too poor to send up to her now. But as soon as he gets in good order I will send him to her, providing there is a good opportunity on offer. TFP-015b We look for el Sinor Don Jose Castro today [sic] or tomorrow with Juan Loberanes. Salvador Ocu has left his father & mo suppose that he has gone to San Francisco he fell out with his father & left him without one stitch of Clothing. The supposition is that he is going to the U.S. Gov. Mason has made Chvas prisoner [sic] today what for I don't know. But I suppose he was suspicious of him. Land is not increasing much in Monterey. Mr. Beldon wishes to sell some lots 30 X 70 feet in front of Einloscks at auction. One sold for 85$ & the other for 60$. He concluded & quit selling [sic]. Mrs Townsend writes to me that Lindsdorff sold a lot joining yours for teen hundred dollars. Now how many teens, is left for me to guess whether it was Eleven teen Twelve or Thirteen I can't tell. Please tell her to try & spell a little better. I spell bad enough but she spells too bad. Miss Carmen scoldes her to me any time I see her because she don't write to her. All her & your old friends send their love to you. We are playing smash with the eggs here. But we much in want of material to fill them with. It has become intensely out of fashion to [illegible] them Cologne water & there being no (Osopel?) nor ribbons it makes it bad. I understand that you are going to mine with Mr Mellus. There has been a very rich mine found close to Mr Forbes' mine on Cook's farm. Mr Larkin has as land in [illegible]. It has produced thirty three percent [?] in Monterey. O Forbes has offered to make Cook independent if he would give hin all his right [sic] & claim [sic] to his farm but Cook would not do it. We have had some considerable sickness in town lately. Malaria has been and is yet very sick. Old Mariana Sohesances came very near dying this week. John Murphy came to town today he says his family are all well. I hope you will soon write to me and give me all the news. Tell me about Montgomary. I heard some time ago that he had left wife. If you can procur eany Guitar strings please buy them & Gleason will pay you the money for them & I will pay him when he comes down. We cant procure them here for land nor money. I remain your affectionate brother To Dr John & Mrs E.L. Townsend Moses Schallenberger |
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