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Personal papers of Idaho Territory silver miner John Fletcher "Jack" Stevenson spanning approximately 25 years from the 1870s to about 1891 including many items from San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as from several short-lived mining towns and post offices of the mining territory. Stevenson was the cousin of San Francisco attorney A.P. Needles and at time maintained residences in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. Archive includes letters to Stevenson addressed to Salmon River, Clayton, and Bay Horse, Idaho Territory. Includes several mining related documents, receipts from various merchants, personal correspondence, etc.