Leland Stanford Papers

[preprinted] 220 to 226 K Street, Sacramento. 20 Reade Street, New York.

HUNTINGTON HOPKINS COMPANY, Incorporated Feb. 23, 1888, HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL &c. Junction of Bush, Market and Front Streets.

San Francisco [/preprinted] MAY 15, 1889.

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HON. LELAND STANFORD,

............ CITY.

DEAR SIR:-

WE HAVE WITH US A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NORWALK LOCK COMPANY WHO HAS WITH HIM A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES OF FINE BRONZE HARDWARE, LOCKS, BUTTS, ETC., SUITABLE FOR THE UNIVERSITY. HE WILL BE WITH US TOMORROW AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO SEE THESE GOODS, IF YOU HAD TIME, BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR THE EAST.

IF YOU CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH US FOR TOMORROW OR REFER US TO THE ONE WHO WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THIS MATTER, YOU WILL GREATLY OBLIGE

YOURS RESP'Y,

HUNTINGTON HOPKINS COMPANY.

Quinn.

[notation in shorthand] [10 + 3? 10 & 3?]

Tulare Cal.

July 27th 1889

Managers of University

Dear Sirs:

I would like to know about your school term when it is to start [object?] &c Have a son ready now to send off to school and more children to educate. Please let me hear & oblige M. [Hurill?]

Tulare [by?]

Tulare Co Cal.

Alvarado, Almeda Co. Cal.

June 26[t?], 1[88?]9.

Leland Stanford [insert: Junior] University, [large notation right margin: 227]

Gentlemen:

I noticed in the papers some time since that your term of school might, or would open, this fall, and having a boy whom I would like to have enter at the very begning of the institution. I write to request information on the subject, and to ask for a Catalogue or Prospectus if any such are issued.

Hoping the University may more than meet the hopes and expectations of it generous founder.

I remain

Yours truly

W. F. Ingalls

[notation in shorthand]

San Bernardino

May 4 1889

Please inform me when students will be received at the Leland Jr University and the conditions. My son wants to attend school after his return from the East, which will be about the 1st of Sept. Will you have a preparatory exam

I am Sir Respy [W. R?. Ingham?]

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[preprinted] H. JEVNE, GROCER

Los Angeles, Cal. [/preprinted] July 6 - 89

Secretary of Board of [Regents?]

Leland Stanfor University. San Francisco

Dear Sir.

I should like to send my son to the University when finished and shall be thankfull to receive full information, concerning the institution.

Kindly send me such printed information as you may have and oblige

Yours Respectfully

H Jevne

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808 Boundary St., N. W. Washington D. C. Nov 23[rd?] 1885

Senator L. Stanford. 17th & [K st.?]

Sir, I learn from the Newspapers, you are much interested in, and actively inclined towards "Learning" --- therefore, In the interest of Progress & Science, I venture to call your attention to the following described discovery & invention; And if it should interest you, to a desire to see the thing & have it further explained, I am at your service, please appoint a place & time I may have a talk with you on this subject.

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Respectfully

Henry Johnson, the Author & Inventor.

Discription, or A Proposed Circular Concerning Time, past, present & future.

A convenient measurement of time, is still a desideratum, Nations have to day, different & conflicting modes of reckoning years & for nearly 6 thousand years has this difference prevailed; Many historic dates are puzzles, & probable will remain so in consequence of the past confusion in reckoning time.

The motions of the Sun, Moon & Earth, are the primary means all enlightened natons use in the reckoning & measurement of their years, Why not adopt a plan of measurement, that will require tens of thousands of years to elapse, before an error of even one day can occur? --- the production of this 1000 Years Almanac is a successful demonstration of such a plan, and it is accomplished simply by the following rule, viz. --- here insert the Rule at proper time --- this rule is so simple, that a misunderstanding of it is not possible, this 1000 Years Calendar then, will not be over one second in error, on each year, this short & plain rule brings the Solar & Calendar years closer together than has ever been done before, as the following will plainly show. The old Julian Calendar, that instituted Leap - Year, about 46 years before Christ, to obtain more correct time, is 11 minutes 14 seconds longer than the Solar Year. --- the Gregorian Calendar is 26 seconds longer than the Solar Year, the Johnson Calendar is only ONE second longer. --- this difference has produced much confusion: --- the Gregorian Calendar seeks to remedy this difference by the following Rule; viz. "Every year exactly divisible ny 4 (excepting those that end in two cyphers, but including thise that are divisible by 400) is leap-year" --- but this rule is not only complicated, but fails to correct the difficulty, for it still leaves the calandar year about 26 seconds longer than the Solar Year, as stated above, --- which year is now stated to be 365 d, 5 h, 48 m, 46 s. according to the best astronomical determinations: --- this being the length of the Solar Year, this 1000 Year Almanac solves the difficulty of the heretofore confused modes of reckoning the years. --- here then, is a plain & convenient plan of measurement, that will establish uniformity in the reckoning of the years, and

[REPEAT of Leland Stanford PapersCorrespondence (incoming) - H Untitled page 29 from "Senator L. Stanford" to "establish uniformity in the reckoning of the years, and"]

will require 86 thousand 400 years to elapse, before an error amounting to one day can occur by this rule.

The Gregorian Calendar, is now in [insert: general] use, in nearly all countries, excep Russia & Greece, where the Julian Calendar is still

in use, But there seems to be a disposition on the part of some Nations, to go back to the old Julian Calendar, and it is more than probable, this matter will be discussed by the different nations, as the near approach of the 19th century ends. From this view, the reader will perceive the great value of this 1000 Years Almanac over all others, for it gives the Julian, Gregorian, & Johnson Calendars, all in oneAlmanac, side by side for convenient comparison & use, into whatever country they are or may hereafter be adopted.

This invention not only gives the World a plan of measurement practically identical with the Solar Year, but as just before stated, and I wish it reiterated, - it also produces side by side, the Julian Calendar, the Gregorian Calendar, & the Johnson Calendar, for comparison & use, - And also, provides simple means to continue a calendar from the old, into each succeeding New Year, during the whole thousand years, and thus superceeds the need of publishing yearly almanacs, - And further, this 1000 Year Almanac, can be adjusted in a moment, to produce one at a time, all 3 of the Calendars noted in the Index. - And still further, - it shows in each Calendar, every day, every week, every month, & every year, in the whole 1000 Years. It tells the Sun-rise & set, & length of days, during the whole 1000 years, - It shows the Phases of the Moon for every Month, in every Year, during the whole 1000 Years. It marks the date of the Declaration, & Succession of every Centennial Year to the end of the 1000 Years, - It represents by stars, on the margin, the original 13. increased to 38 States & 9 Territories up to 1885. - It can tell you what day of the week, and under what Phase of the Moon, You were born, - It tells the Week-day of any date, & vice versa, the date of any Week-day during the whole 1000 Years, - It tells what day of the week each year begins with, in the past and future, during the whole 1000 Years, - It is the greatest Refference almanac, reaching back into the long past, and forward, into the distant future, ever published, - It will give to our children, for many generations to come, the identical almanac of their parents. - It will become a family relic of no ordinary consideration. - It will save you many long reckonings of dates & the mistakes incident thereto. - Its useful & interesting new features, will be appreciated more & more the older this almanac becomes, - this refference Almanac & the Dictionary will be considered indispensable, as example - What was the date of the first Monday in September 1724? - turn to the Index & find the year 1724 - the index show that it was a leap year, according to the Julian mode of reckoning, & has the letter f opposit & in the week-day column, which letter means friday - now set friday in the slide, to January the 1st on the right hand calendar for leap year, - this will give the proper answer, by running down the monday column

to September, which gives 5 as the date asked for, _ If you also want to know, which was leap-year in the past, & also which will be leap years in the future, during the whole 1000 years, _ how simple, & at a glance, is such information herein given; And should you desire to [assertain?] the Phases of the Moon on any special occassion, in the past or future, during the whole 1000 years, you only have to refer to the index & moon tables, which will tell you all about it. _ a few times practice, will soon teach you to operate the slide.

Again, is the day of the week wanted, of any birth, death, marrage, battle, dedication, holiday, or other historical event, _ here is a true help for all such information, Reader, Will the almanac now in general use, tell you all such things as these for a period of 1000 years? _ And are they not generally destroyed every year? _ while this almanac becomes, with age, more & more useful, interesting & valuable: _ Again, this almanac has attached to it a 24 hour Indicator, which will prove a great convenience to some persons who leave their place, their office, or their home for a short time, _ it informs Callers when they may expect you back, _ it will be found convenient & useful in the family circle, as well in public as private business, as it is suitable for all kinds of business & occupations, _ a universal servant much used. _ [Thus?]

The double calendars with slide, _ the Julian Calender, _ the Gregorian Calander, _ the Johnson Calender, _ the sun-rise & set _ the length of days _ the leap-years _ the Moon Phases _ the Declaration _ the Centennial years _ the original & added States & Territories _ the Indicator _ the reffered to Rule, _ the noting of the non-leap years according to the Gregorian rule, _ the noting of the non leap-years according to the Johnson or reffered to Rule &c _ Are all such short, comprehensive, simple and novel arrangements and tables, setting forth for 1000 years, new features of daily usefulness, that a mere glance at them, after being read & understood, conveys to the mind & understanding, what in ordinary ways, require much toil & time to obtain.

The whole is (or will be) printed in different colors, to plainly mark each table, & tastefully mounted with slide, eylet & indicator of metal, on a card 16 x 8 inches, _ & can be hung up at any place desired. _ I contemplate publishing it in book, and [insert: Libray &] Parlor frame style also, such are an outline of some of the advantages & superiorities of the Almanac, over all others now

[lefthand side] to the sons.

No more beautiful and lasting tablet could be raised to the memory of your beloved son, and I can not help but believe, that he is ever with you as you consumate this, his grand ambition.

At the time of your son's death, although strangers to you, our silent sympathy was yours and the eloquent, yet faithful, sermons at his burial is treasured in my scrapbook, where I have re-read it many times.

[end lefthand side][righthand side] unknown as I am to you, I have no right to presume upon your time by this letter; but I wished to give voice to my own personal gratitude and were I permitted to shake your hand it would be one of the privileges of my life.

I inclose these slips, (clipped from the "N. Y. World" and "Boston Journal") as an introduction and that you may be assured of my genuine interest.

Hoping that you