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Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875]

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Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 1 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875]

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Collection Summary Collection Title: J. Ross (John Ross) Browne Papers, Date (inclusive): [ca. 1840-1875] Collection Number: BANC MSS 78/163 c Creator: Browne, J. Ross, (John Ross), 1821-1875 Extent: Number of containers: 3 boxes, 5 cartons, 6 oversize folders Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abstract: Include letters written by him to his wife and family describing his voyage to California in 1849 and his work as official reporter for the state constitutional convention, and some addressed to his publishers and business associates; letters to him, some as government agent and as minister to China; journal of his 1842 whaling cruise; manuscripts and printed copies of some of his writings, including those re his diplomatic career in China; miscellaneous papers re government appointments, land holdings, royalties, etc.; papers re his service as minister to China, 1868-1869. Also included: papers of his wife, Lucy, his son, Spencer, and his daughter-in-law, Lucy, including material on China; and papers of his grandson, Spencer C. Browne, Jr., and his wife, Lina Fergusson Browne. Languages Represented: English Access

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 2 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], J. Ross (John Ross) Browne Papers, BANC MSS 78/163 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Photographs and drawings, and maps, have been removed to the Pictorial and Map Collections respectively. Acquisition Information The J. Ross Browne papers came to The Bancroft Library in June 1978 from Nancy L. Browne and Mrs. Li Browne Caemmerer, in part as their joint gift, and in part purchased as a gift of Clarence E. Heller and The Friends of The Bancroft Library. Biographical Sketch J. Ross Browne - author, journalist, traveller, government servant - was born near Dublin, Ireland on February 11, 1821. His father, Thomas Egerton Browne, a crusading Irish editor and publisher, emigrated to America with his family in 1833, after his prison sentence for sedition had been commuted by the British Crown to banishment. The family settled eventually near Louisville, Kentucky, where the elder Browne became editor and proprietor of the Louisville Daily Reporter. Young Browne's travels began early and he never ceased travelling until his death. Starting as a flat boat deck hand on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, he then studied medicine briefly, and eventually embarked on a career as a writer and journalist. He became a police reporter and newspaper correspondent and tried his hand at creative writing with Confessions of a Quack, or the Auto-Biography of a Modern Aesculapian, based on his medical school experiences, which was published in 1841. The family moved in that year, also, to Washington, D.C., where Ross assisted his father in reporting the proceedings of the Congress in the Globe, the forerunner of the Congressional Record. A year later he signed on as a seaman on a whaler, an experience which resulted in the publication, in 1846, of Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with Notes of a Sojourn on the Isle of Zanzibar, in which he exposed the abuses suffered by the crew members. After his return in 1844, he married Lucy Anna Mitchell, daughter of a Washington, D.C. physician, and settled in the city, taking up a career in government service, where he became private secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury. Accepting a minor revenue service assignment which would take him to California, he sailed around the Horn on the Pacific in 1849, and, while in California, became the official reporter for the convention which drew up the state's constitution in 1849. Returning to Washington, he published the Report of the Debates in the Convention of California on the Formation of the State Constitution in September and October 1849, and in 1851, set off on his travels again, to Europe with his family, as a correspondent for the National Intelligencer. In the autumn of 1852 the Browne family returned home to Washington and he entered government service again, as a secret agent investigating federal activities connected with the collection of revenue and disbursement of public monies, involving custom houses, Indian agencies and U.S. land offices. In 1868 President Johnson named him minister to China, but he was recalled from Peking in 1869 because of his disagreement with the prevailing government views on “opening” China. Browne's literary career kept pace with his other activities, and the observations made in the course of his travels were published either as books ( Yusef, 1853; Crusoe's Island, 1864; An American Family in Germany, 1866; Adventures in the Apache Country, 1869), or as articles appearing in journals such as Harper's, Graham's Magazine and Overland Monthly. His several published reports, written while in government service, include Reports upon the Mineral Resources of the United States (1867), Resources of the Pacific Slope (1869), and Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains (1868). The Browne family finally settled in Oakland, California, and in 1870 he began construction of the home that became known as "Pagoda Hill." The closing years of his life - many of them still spent away from his home - were occupied by his real estate and mining ventures. He died on December 9, 1875. Scope and Content His Papers include letters written by him (addressed primarily to his wife); a small file of letters written to him; the journal of his whaling cruise; MSS of some of his articles; reprints, tear sheets and photocopies of some of his published writings; papers relating to his service as minister to China; and miscellaneous papers, including some accounts, land papers, etc.

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 3 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] With these came papers of other members of the Browne family: a few letters written by his wife, Lucy; a small group of papers of his son, Spencer C. Browne and his daughter-in-law, Lucy; the unpublished biography written by his grandson, Spencer C. Browne, Jr., together with material relating to his research on Browne; and papers compiled by Lina Fergusson Browne (Mrs. Spencer C. Browne, Jr.) relating primarily to the editing of Browne's letters and manuscripts for publication in Muleback to the Convention (1950) and J. Ross Browne: His Letters, Journals and Writings (1969). The papers, housed in 3 boxes, 5 cartons and 6 oversize folders, are described in greater detail in the Key to Arrangement which follows. Photographs and drawings, and maps, have been removed to the Pictorial and Map Collections, respectively.

Papers of J. Ross Browne

Boxes 1-3 Letters written by J. Ross Browne, 1840-1875 & n.d. Scope and Content Note Primarily letters to his wife, Lucy (many of them written in the form of journals, on his travels) and to other members of his family; some also to his publishers, friends and business associates; some official letters written while minister to China, 1868-1869. Originals, drafts, photocopies and transcripts, arranged chronologically, with undated letters at the end. See also: typed copies of J. Ross Browne letters transcribed by Lina F. Browne for her book, J. Ross Browne: His Letters, Journals and Writings, in Cartons 4-5.

Box 1 1840-1859 Box 2 1860-1870 Box 3 1871-1875 & n.d. Box 3 Letters written to J. Ross Browne. Scope and Content Note Letters from friends and business associates relating to his writings, mining ventures, etc., and letters addressed to him as government agent and minister to China. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Partial list of correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement. Unlisted letters are in an alphabetical "Miscellany" at the beginning of the file. Letters from members of the Browne and Mitchell families are in a separate folder.

Ctn. 1 Journal of his whaling cruise, in two parts Part 1 - July 2-Sept. 17, 1842. Scope and Content Note Also includes, from p. 50 on, the journal kept by his companion, Henry C. Wilson, on his return voyage from Fayal to the U.S., concluding Nov. 28, 1842.

Part II - begins July 2, 1842; (written at a later date?) Scope and Content Note Entries covering events from Sept. 19 begin on p. 12; concludes [Nov.?] 1843. Loose items removed from Part II in separate folder. For description of the journal see copy of John Seelye's introduction to facsimile edition of Etchings of a Whaling Cruise. (carton 5)

Manuscripts of his writings - holographs An American Diplomat in China - incomplete draft and notes - 1868 The Banker 1860 Beauty and the Beast. A Lamentation from the House of Martyrdom 1860 The Chinese Question A Christmas Story for the Children - incomplete [Crusoe's Island]

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 4 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Papers of J. Ross Browne

Draft of title page (Mas-a-tierra: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Robinson Crusoe and Other Sketches). Draft of portion of Chapter 1 and other pages. Background material on his 1849 voyage, including manuscript newspaper, "Pacific Daily Journal" for the barque Atlantic. Notation of charges brought against Capt. H. I. Tibbetts by the passengers. Browne's address to passengers, July 4, 1849. Notes on Rio. Ephraim Tadpole - with illustrations [Incidents of a Diplomatic Career in China] - incomplete draft The Lady Gopher - removed from a letter addressed to his wife, Feb. 3, 1860 [Lecture on whaling] The Old Fogy - removed from a letter addressed to his wife, Feb. 17, 1860 The Old Musician - incomplete The Pale Spirit of Azamont (in oversize folder 1) [Theatrical Sketch] - removed from a letter written to his wife, Dec. 31, 1859 [Untitled MS] - with a typed transcript entitled "Poem" Miscellaneous MSS - fragmentary pages Printed copies of his writings Address to the Territorial Pioneers of California, on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Admission of the State into the Union. (Sept. 11, 1875) Additional Note Postscript number two to the San Francisco News Letter

Another Peep at Washoe. Additional Note Photostatic copies from the San Francisco Evening Bulletin(Oct. 24-Nov. 21, 1863)

(In oversize The Chinese Question: Mr. Robert Hart, Inspector General of Imperial Maritime folder) Customs, on the Present Situation: Origin of the Chinese Embassy. Additional Note Reprint from the Daily Alta California,Sept. 19, 1869.

The Coast Rangers; A Chronicle of Adventures in California, Harper's(June-Dec. 1861; Feb. 1862) A Dangerous Journey, Harper's(May 1862) Explorations in Lower California, Harper's (Oct. - Dec. 1868) Incidents of a Diplomatic Career.Photostatic copies from the San Francisco Examiner(Dec. 20, 1870-Jan. 11, 1871) The Island of Santa Rosa, Overland Monthly(Sept.; Dec. 1874) Melhatchee, the Enchanted Warrior, photocopy from the Southern Literary Messenger(June 1840) The Old Sea King or the Wonderful Adventures of Little Mitche, Harper's Weekly(Jan. 19, 1861) A Peep at Washoe, Harper's(Dec. 1860-Feb. 1861) A Quarter of a Century, Overland Monthly,(Oct. 1875) Reclamation of Marsh and Swamp Lands ... in California [cover title]. Agricultural Capacity of California. Overflows and Droughts, reprint from Overland Monthly(April 1873) Report of the Bounty Allowances to Fishing Vessels (in Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Finances.) 33d Cong., 1st sess., House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 3.1853 Ross Browne's Letters. European Correspondence of the Union. Additional Note Photostatic copies from the Sacramento Daily Union(March 19-Sept. 10, 1861)

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 5 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Papers of J. Ross Browne

The Suppressed Intelligence from California. Additional Note Photostatic copy from the New York Evening Post(Jan. 17, 1849)

A Tour through Arizona, Harper's(Oct. 1864-Mar. 1865) Tropical Journeyings, Harper's(March-April 1858) Under the Dragon's Footstool: The Chinese Embassy to the West, Overland Monthly(Feb. 1871) Under the Dragon's Footstool: Arrival at Pekin, Overland Monthly(March 1871) Miscellaneous papers Appointment as 3rd Lieutenant in U.S. Revenue Service, Dec. 26, 1848. Physical Description: (phot.; original in oversize folder)

Passport issued by the Consulate General of the U.S.A., Frankfort on the Main, Jan. 30, 1861 Physical Description: (in oversize folder)

Memorandum of duties to be performed by J. Ross Browne on the Pacific Coast [as special agent of the Dept. of the Interior to examine into the condition of Indian affairs, 1863]. Additional Note Draft copy in J. Ross Browne's hand.

Discharge paper from Arizona volunteers - typed transcript - 1866 "Memorandum for Lucy" from J. Ross Browne, Apr. 9, 1866. Additional Note Instructions on handling his affairs

[Announcement of service as an agent in Washoe to examine and report on mining claims] n.d. Statement of my affairs, Nov. 17, 1874. Additional Note Statement of assets and liabilities

Sketchbook, n.d. Miscellaneous accounts, 1868-1869 Papers re royalties Land papers - leases, memoranda, etc. Physical Description: (2 folders and oversize folder)

Papers re Pittsburg Mine (Nevada Co.), 1871-1874. See also oversize folder Papers re swamp lands, 1869-1883 Memorandum of agreement, July 29, 1871, with Leonard Wray, to act as his agent in acquiring mining property in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties Items re J. Ross Browne Translation of an article from the Riga Journal, 1865 Tear sheet of article, Making the Magazine, from Harper's,Dec. 1865 Papers re the settlement of his estate Obituaries Joaquin Miller's tribute to Browne - typed transcript Frank Soulè's tribute to Browne (copy) Report on the Chips Quartz Mine, Sierra Co. By William A. Farish, Sept. 20, 1872, made for James R. Johnson [Report on potentials on mining property owned by Tumacacori Company in Mexico] n.d. Author unknown.

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 6 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Papers of J. Ross Browne

Remarks on Ballenas and Scammons Lagoon with Sailing directions; Notes on the Coast of Lower California and Wind and Weather by C[harles] M[elville] Scammon Ctn. 2 Papers on China Additional articles to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Ta-Tsing Empire, of June 18, 1858. [Marked "Confidential"] Washington, July 28, 1868 (printed) Alcock, Sir Rutherford. Printed British government reports on Chinese situation, including two despatches (1869-1870) from Alcock, British Minister to China, and Memorial of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce ... on the ... Revision of the Treaty of Tientsin, addressed to Alcock Appointment of J. Ross Browne as Minister to China, March 11, 1868 Physical Description: (photo) Original in oversize folder

Authorization to Draw Salary, Department of State, Washington, May 22, 1868. Marked "Duplicate." Photocopy also included Calling cards of J. Ross Browne and Ross Hoffmann Browne's Despatches, while Minister to China, to the Secretary of State William H. Seward. No. 15, Peking, Jan. 14, 1869 Browne's Despatches, while Minister to China, to the Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. No. 40, 42, 47-48, 50-51, 53, Peking, June-July 1869. Additional Note (some photostats)

Great Britain. Official correspondence relating to China, 1862-1864. Additional Note (Printed and presented to the Houses of Parliament).

Great Britain. Official correspondence relating to China, 1869. Additional Note (Printed and presented to the buses of Parliament).

Hart, Robert. Note on Chinese matters. Peking, June 30, 1869. Additional Note [Published in The Chinese Question; see Carton 1]

Hart, Robert. Progress of China.Peking,June 18, 1869, with Remarks on the foregoing, by J. Ross Browne. [Robertson, J. Barr] The Political Situation in China. III. To the Editor of the Daily News. 1869 [?] Miscellaneous newspapers and newspaper clippings re China 1867-1869, includes Shanghai (English-language) papers. Miscellaneous printed and published material on China 1867-1872, including: The United States Consulates in China. Additional Note A Letter with Enclosures of the Consul-General in China to the Secretary of State. 1867

Notice of the Reception of the Ministers of Western Powers by the Emperor of China. (translation) [Feb. 23, 1873] Lay, Horatio N., C. B. Our Interests in China. A Letter to the Right Hon. Earl Russell, K. G., .....London,[1864?] Returns of Trade at the Treaty Ports in China, For the Year, 1868. Part I. - Abstract of Trade and Customs' Revenue Statistics, From 1864 to 1868. Shanghai,1869

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 7 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Papers of J. Ross Browne

Miscellany. Additional Note Including copy of greeting from the Emperor of China to the U.S. President; Dept. of State circulars on diplomatic dress; Chinese calling cards; Chinese calligraphy; etc. See also J. Ross Browne MSS and printed copies of his writings (Carton 1)

PAPERS OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BROWNE FAMILY

Ctn. 2 Lucy Anna (Mitchell) Browne [Mrs. John Ross Browne] Letters written by her to her children and to various members of the family, 1868-1894 & n.d., Physical Description: (1 folder) Scope and Content Note arranged chronologically. Some are copies.

Lucy Croghan Browne [daughter-in-law; wife of Spencer C. Browne] Letters written from Peking, China, to her husband, describing life there, 1869. Physical Description: (1 folder)

MS, An American Family in Peking, by a Junior Member, with related material Scrapbook, containing miscellaneous clippings, programs, etc., 1870s-'90s; some material pertaining to J. R. Browne. Loose items from the scrapbook in a separate folder. Spencer Cochrane Browne [son] Letters to him, including two from John H. Boalt and one from Harper & Brothers His article, Queer Sights and Ways in Pekin, as published in The Overland Monthly,Sept. 1871 Spencer Cochrane Browne, Jr. [grandson] Letters written by him Physical Description: (1 folder) Additional Note (drafts and carbon copies), relating primarily to J. Ross Browne, 1941-1944

Letters written to him Physical Description: (2 folders) Scope and Content Note Primarily relating to his research on Browne and Browne family genealogy. Arranged alphabetically.

MS of The Curious Observer, unpublished biography of his grandfather Additional Note (typescript)

Ctn. 3 Notes for The Curious Observer Physical Description: (11 folders)

Notebooks used for the biography His bibliography of the published works of J. Ross Browne

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 8 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] PAPERS OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BROWNE FAMILY

Scrapbook, ca. 1862-1906. Scope and Content Note Contains material re Spanish-American War, clippings about J. Ross Browne, etc. Also pasted in: letter, Aug. 26, 1849, from J. Ross Browne to his wife, Lucy and Browne's humorous recommendation for employment of his daughter-in-law, Lucy C. Browne, who served as his personal secretary in China. Loose items removed from the scrapbook are in a separate folder.

Copy of The Truth about China, a series of articles reprinted from the Peking & Tientsin Times, Feb. 1921 Lina (Fergusson) Browne [Mrs. Spencer Cochrane Browne, Jr.] Letters written by her, 1949-1972 & n.d. Physical Description: (4 folders) Scope and Content Note Carbons and drafts of letters to publishers, libraries, family, etc., primarily relating to research for and publication of her book, J. Ross Browne: His Letters, Journals and Writings. Arranged chronologically.

Letters written to her, from publishing firms, editors, scholars, and family members, pertaining to her research on J. Ross Browne and publication of her book. Scope and Content Note Arranged alphabetically according to person or organization. A partial list of the correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement. Unlisted letters are in an alphabetical "miscellany" preceding the rest of the letters.

Biographical material re J. Ross Browne Material re Browne and Mitchell families Miscellaneous notes Notebook with notes on China material, on material "from Evelyn's trunk," and miscellaneous notes Text of her talk on Browne to California Writers' Club, 1970 Tear sheet of article, J. Ross Browne in the Apache Country, edited by Lina F. Browne. From New Mexico Quarterly,Spring 1965, and typescript of her introduction MS, Pagoda Hill, with related notes Notes on material loaned by Evelyn Browne and for Muleback to the Convention MS of Muleback to the Convention Ctn. 4 Notebook containing notes on books by Browne Notebook containing notes for J. Ross Browne ... Notebook containing list of Browne letters typed through Oct. 26, 1853 with approximate number of words Notes on Browne letters Physical Description: (3 folders)

Ctn. 4-5 Typed transcripts of J. Ross Browne letters for her book. In two series: "first sheets" and "Second sheets." Physical Description: (34 folders)

Ctn. 5 Typed transcripts of China material Typed transcripts of material re voyage to California Portions of J. Ross Browne: His Letters ... Typed transcript of Browne's whaling cruise journal, 1842 Typed excerpts from Browne's Yusef and Crusoe's Island Announcement of publication of her book, Muleback to the Convention, by The Book Club of California

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 9 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] PAPERS OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BROWNE FAMILY

Reprints and tear sheets of articles about Browne Reviews of Browne's books Additional Note (photocopies)

Reviews of her book, J. Ross Browne ... Copy of Francis J. Rock's dissertation, J. Ross Browne: A Biography,Catholic University of America,1929 Notices from book dealers' catalogs, etc., on prices of books by Browne Xerox copies of John Seelye's introduction to facsimile edition of Browne's Etchings of a Whaling Cruise Material relating to Thomas Egerton Browne Physical Description: (2 folders)

Miscellaneous family papers Biographical Sketch of the Ancestors of Evelyn Ross Browne written by her father, Ross Egerton Browne. Privately printed, 1915. Additional Note Three variant annotated copies. Together with typed copy of Ross E. Browne's words of tribute for Charles F. Hoffman.

Miscellaneous Browne family letters, 1849-1954. Scope and Content Note Include letters (some typed transcripts) written by Mary ("Dart") (Mitchell) Hoffman, [Lucy] May[otta] Browne, C. E. Browne and Elana (Buck) Browne. A few letters addressed to various members of the family.

Clippings from newspapers and magazines; transcripts of a few clippings Scrapbook of clippings on various subjects. Additional Note Loose items removed from the scrapbook in a separate folder.

Note

Letters are addressed to J. Ross Browne (and are in Box 3) unless otherwise noted.

Alcock, Sir Rutherford, 1809-1897

2 letters, 1868. British Minister to China.

Boalt, John Henry, 1837-1901

2 letters, 1876-1878. To Spencer C. Browne (carton 2).

China. Prince Kung.

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 10 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

5 letters, 1868-1869.

Additional Note

Copies and typed transcripts, one incomplete.

Letter, July 3 1869, addressed to S. Wells Williams, U.S. Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Letter, March, 1851.

Additional Note

Typed transcript of letter of introduction for J. Ross Browne.

Cole, Cornelius, 1827-1924

Letter, Jan. 15, 1872.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Letter, March 14, n.y.

Additional Note

Typed transcript.

Great Britain. Embassy, Peking See Alcock, Sir Rutherford

Harper & Brothers (firm)

Letter, 1895. To Spencer C. Browne (carton 2).

Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 11 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

Letter, Dec. 23, 1870.

Additional Note

Typed transcript.

Latham, Milton Slocum, 1827-1882

Letter, Feb. 27, 1871. To Junius S. Morgan, as letter of introduction for J. Ross Browne.

McCormick, Richard Cunningham, 1832-1901

Letter, April 11, 1872.

Morris, William Gouverneur, d. 1884

Letter, Feb. 7, 1872.

Nye, Gideon, Jr.

2 letters, 1869. To George F. Seward, U.S. Consul General, Shanghai, enclosing copies of correspondence with N. B. Dennys, 1868-1869.

Orth, Godlove Stein, 1817-1882

Letter, Dec. 21, 1870.

Poston, Charles Debrill, 1825-1902

2 letters, 1869 and n.d.

Additional Note

Undated letter encloses calling card of William Goodwin.

Reid, Whitlaw, 1837-1912

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 12 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

2 letters, 1872-1873.

Richthofen, Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm, freiherr von, 1833-1905

3 letters, 1868-1869.

Additional Note

Two are typed transcripts, addressed to May[otta] Browne; one addressed to J. Ross Browne.

Robertson, J. Barr

2 letters, 1869 and n.y.

Additional Note

Commenting on Chinese affairs.

Russia. Legation, Peking

Letter, July 8, 1869. From the Secretary (in French).

Sargent, Aaron Augustus, 1827-1887

Letter, Dec. 20, 1870.

Seward, Frederick William See U.S. Department of State

Seward, George F. See U.S. Consulate. Shanghai

Smith, Grant Horace, 1865-1944

Letter, Nov. 29, 1933. To Spencer C. Browne, Jr. (carton 3).

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 13 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

Additional Note

Re similarity of Mark Twain's description of Mono Lake to Browne's. Included also: copy of Smith's article, "Did Mark Twain Visit Mono Lake?"

Taylor, Alexander Smith, 1817-1876

2 letters, 1870-1872.

Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878

2 letters, 1862.

Additional Note

Letter, Oct. 9, a typed transcript.

U.S. Consulate. Shanghai

3 letters, 1869, as despatches numbered 164, 166 and enclosure to 42. From George F. Seward, consul general.

U.S. Dept. of State

2 letters, 1868, from Frederick W. Seward, Acting Secretary, informing Browne of his appointment as Minister to China.

U.S. Legation. Peking See Williams, S. Wells

U.S. Treasury Department

Letter, Jan. 1, 1849, from R. J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury, to Lt. John Ross Browne, U.S. Revenue Marine, re assignment as special messenger to Oregon, via San Francisco.

Walker, Robert John, 1801-1869 See U.S. Treasury Department

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 14 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

Williams, George Henry, 1823-1910

Letter, Dec. 30, 1870.

Williams, S. Wells

2 letters, 1868-1869.

Additional Note

Secretary and interpreter, U.S. Legation, Peking. Include typed transcript of translation of a formal note addressed to Prince Kung, President of the Board of Foreign Affairs.

Yusef, Simon Badra

Letter, Jan. 16, 1854.

Additional Note

With photostats and typed transcript.

Note

Letters are addressed to Lina Fergusson Browne (and are in Carton 3) unless otherwise noted.

American Heritage

9 letters, 1963.

Arizona Historical Foundation

Letter, Oct. 3, 1962.

Additional Note

Re material on Charles D. Poston in Lina F. Browne's possession. With transcripts of Poston-Browne correspondence, etc.

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 15 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

Arizona State Museum

2 letters, 1972.

Additional Note

Re Browne's painting of Mission San Xavier.

Belknap, George Nicholas, 1905-

Letter, April 18, 1961.

Brophy, William Aloysius, 1903-1962 See Fergusson, Erna

Browne family

24 letters, 1949-1968 and n.d.

Additional Note

From various family members, primarily re her book.

California Historical Society

3 letters, 1949-1954.

Additional Note

Enclosure to 1949 letters: copies of agreements for loan of material to the Society.

Dickey, Roland

2 letters, 1966-1969. See also New Mexico. University. Press

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 16 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

Dillon, Richard Hugh, 1924-

17 letters, 1960-1970.

Additional Note

Some are copies of letters to John Seelye and others.

Fergusson, Erna, 1888-1964

Letter, n.d.

Additional Note

Included also: copies of two letters, 1950, (with attachment) to and from William A. Brophy, Special Attorney for Pueblo Indians re J. Ross Browne's work as inspector of Indian agencies.

Fergusson, Francis, 1904-

3 letters, 1960-1969.

Additional Note

Include carbon of letter, Dec. 6, 1960, to Angus Cameron, editor, Alfred E. Knopf, Inc.

Hart, James David, 1911-

Letter, Aug. 5, 1955.

Harvard University. Press

2 letters, 1965.

Hine, Robert V., 1921-

2 letters, 1958-1960.

Additional Note

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 17 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

Letter, June 24, 1958, addressed to Erna Fergusson.

Howell, Warren Richardson, 1912-198(?)

Letter, July 27, 1960.

Knopf (Alfred A.) Inc.

2 letters, 1961, from Angus Cameron, editor. See also Fergusson, Francis

Lottinville, Savoie See Oklahoma. University. Press

New Mexico. University. Press

32 letters, 1961-1971.

Additional Note

Many written by Roland Dickey, director.

Oklahoma. University. Press

Letter, Aug. 8, 1961. From Savoie Lottinville.

Faisano Press, Balboa Island, Calif. See Parker, Horace

Parker, Horace

13 letters, 1960-1969.

Additional Note

Writing as editor/publisher of Paisano Press.

Guide to the J. Ross (John Ross) BANC MSS 78/163 c 18 Browne Papers, [ca. 1840-1875] Partial List of Correspondents

Poston, Charles Debrill, 1825-1902 See Arizona Historical Foundation

Rutgers University. Press

4 letters, 1962.

Seelye, John

4 letters, 1965-1967.

Additional Note

Re his work editing Etchings of a Whaling Cruise.