[Letters to the Mayor of Victoria, B. C.]

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Title: [Letters to the Mayor of Victoria, B. C.]
Creator: Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar
Contributor: Alcott, Thomas S.
Leffard, H.
Lewis, Richard,--fl. 1867.
Russell, J.,--fl. ca. 1868.
Seymour, Fred K.
Published / Created: 1868-1869
Abstract: ALS dated 1868 Nov 18, to the Mayor and Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, requesting permission to move a sidewalk in order to build on his property; ALS dated 1869 Mar 13, to the Mayor of the City of Victoria, requesting that the mayor grant him a leave of absence for three months or accept Gibbs's resignation, whichever the mayor "deems best".
Description: American merchant, lawyer, judge and U. S. Consul to Madagascar; served on the Municipal Council of Victoria, British Columbia, from 1866 to 1869.
Gift of Robin W. Winks, 1966.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ MSS 20
Collection Title: Mifflin Wistar Gibbs papers concerning Victoria, British Columbia
Collection / Other Creator: Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar
Collection Date: 1867-1869
Container / Volume: Box 1 | Folder 1

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Victoria (B.C.)--Politics and government.
Victoria (B.C.)--Social life and customs.
Subject (Name): Alcott, Thomas S.
Leffard, H.
Lewis, Richard,--fl. 1867.
Russell, J.,--fl. ca. 1868.
Seymour, Fred K.
Subject (Topic): Elevator (San Francisco, Calif.)

Access: Public
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Citation: Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Papers Concerning Victoria, British Columbia. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.