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[Letter] 1855 Sept. 24, Rabbit Creek [to] H. Mills, Esq. [manuscript].

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[Letter] 1855 Sept. 24, Rabbit Creek [to] H. Mills, Esq. [manuscript].

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Title	[Letter] 1855 Sept. 24, Rabbit Creek [to] H. Mills, Esq. [manuscript].
Creator	Arnold, J. L.
Publisher	Contra Costa County Library.
Physical Description	1 leaf [4 p.] ;26 cm.
Description	Letter from J. L. Arnold to Hiram Mills, law partner of Thomas Brown.
Transcriptions, engravings, markings, etc.	Rabbit Creek Sept 24th 1855 Dear Sir Yours of the 20th has just this moment come to hand -- I was prepared to hear that the [illegible] would do just about as they have--for I had made up my mind very much against my will that they are a lot of damned rascals -- beautiful specimens of San Francisco officials -- I was hardly prepared to hear that they were in want of Woods Deposition -- As the love they have expressed for him to me has never been of the most endearing sort -- The finest prefixes to the word scoundrel I have heard used [illegible crossed out] by them of him without stint -- I am willing that Wood shall testify for them all he can -- You can prove by Wood the time that I first went to the Ranch the 10th of Sept 1853 -- That he agreed to pay me for the consideration of my services and the services of my wife $150 -- one hundred & fifty dollars pr month -- that he allowed & paid me that for the time I worked while he was interested -- that when the settlement was made Monroe & Rice were present -- that Monroe drew on Milpers Sanders & Markham [written along left margin of page: My health is most miserable Worse than when I left Martinez Accept my thanks for news items Also for [illegible] tickets with names of Co officers etc.]
Subject	Brown, Thomas A., 1823-1889. Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.). Lawyers -- California.
Subject Genre/Form	Letters.
Date	1855-09-24
Provenance	Personal documents were donated to the Contra Costa County Library.
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Rights Holder	Melinda Cervantes 925-608-7700 libadmin@ccclib.org
Collection Name	The Legacy of Thomas Brown, the County's First Clerk-Recorder
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Title	[Letter] 1855 Sept. 24, Rabbit Creek [to] H. Mills, Esq. [manuscript].
Rights Holder	Melinda Cervantes 925-608-7700 libadmin@ccclib.org
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