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New York, Oct. 25, 1888 Hon. Leland Stanford, San Francisco, Cali. Dear Sir:-
In connection with the University recently endowed by you, we would respectfully invite the attention of your business manager to our very extensive stock of the highest grades of chemicals and chemical apparatus, comprising almost every article for laboratory use known at the present time. We are the sole representatives in the United States for many of the most prominent manufacturers in Europe and we can therefore furnish goods at the lowest rates; we constantly import from Europe such laboratory supplies as can not be made in America of better quality and at lower prices, while we ourselves manufactre such apparatus, etc. as can be made here to better advantages than in Europe. We refer you to all Universities of note in the U.S., who can testify to the very superior quality of our goods and to
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our low prices. We have special facilities for fitting out laboratories in the most complete manner, and as we have the largest stock of any house in our line on this continent, we can deliver goods in the shortest time. We would be pleased to send you our complete catalogues, with discounts, etc. Trusting that this will be favored with your attention, we remain Very truly yours, Eimer & Amend per F.
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Ebenezer College of California 1. Character of this institution: Ebenezer College is to be a Christian Institution under the auspices of the Pacific Conference of the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana [Synod?] of North America.
2. Departments of the Institution: a)An Academic Department b)A Collegiate Department c)A Department of Music Each of these three departments will be complete in itself. The Collegiate department will embrace two course: the Classical and the Scientific - The English language will be used throughout as the medium of instruction, except when instruction is given in other modern languages; then the vernacular of that language will be used.
3. The Institution will be open to both sexes. 4. Location: Not too far from the city of San Francisco. 5. Endowment
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Dec 23,1885 Hon Leland Stanford My Dear Senator Will you do me the favor to send me a copy of Senator [Borks?] speech on the [silver?] question. I have nothing new to relate from this coast. Hoping that you and yours are well and that the ways of Legislation may be [pleasant?] to you I am Sincerely Yours MM [Edie?]
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Portland, Oregon April 28, 1887 11:35 A.M.
to Ex-Gov Leland Stanford San Francisco Cal'a Dear Sir: I forward you a catalogue of my Eskimo Collection of "One thousand" articles of ethnological interest comprising stone, bone, horn, ivory, flint, fur and wooden utensils, weapons, implements, clothing [?] in Fact an epitome of Eskimo Life. Several museums in the east are negotiating for it; also, there is a movement on foot here in the city to keep the collection as a museum nucleus for the new Library building