Perkins & Co. letterpress copybook, 1872-1876.

1 v. (410 p.) ; 31 cm.

English

Purchased from Vigilante Rare Documents on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2001.

Perkins & Co., San Francisco wool merchants, later leather goods merchants and a mining brokerage firm. The company was run by James E. Perkins and Lucius A. Booth.

Letterpress copybook of Perkins & Co.'s letters to firms and individuals all over the United States concerning silver mines of California and Nevada and the wool and leather business. The letters concerning mining are full of advice on investment strategies and details of mining operations, some of it first hand from Perkins, who travelled to the mines. Mines mentioned include Belcher, Crown Point, Mexican, Pioche, Savage, and Ophir. Some letters signed by James E. Perkins.

June 01, 2002

Perkins & Co. Letterpress Copybook. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Perkins & Co. Letterpress Copybook. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Letterpress copybooks.

Stockbrokers California.