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Title: Correspondence 1859, Letter on the wheat harvest in Alviso
Creator: R. H. Bennett & Co
Date Created and/or Issued: 1859
1859-02-09
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Ephemera Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Letter from R. H. Bennett & Co., San Francisco, to Mr. Thompson in Alviso. The letter states that speculation has driven up the price of wheat and flour and offers to sell Mr. Thompson's wheat if he so desires.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scaled to 3000 pixels width. Grayscale strip cropped from image. Scanning outsourced to Northern Micrographics as part of the Local History Digital Resources Project, 2005-2006. Technical metadata is limited
Extent: 25 x 20 cm.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplephemer/id/359
Language: English
Subject: Agriculture
Correspondence
Ephemera
Thompson, J.W
Place: Alviso
California
San Jose
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Ephemera Collection

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