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Hezekiah L. Hosmer papers
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Hezekiah L. Hosmer (1814-1893) was first chief justice of the Montana Territorial Supreme Court. Papers consist of a typed copy of a reminiscence; a handwritten biographical sketch of Hosmer revised by J.A. Hosmer, and published in "Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana", 1900; a letter from Samuel (Mark Twain) Clemens(1870) discussing the death of road agent J.A. Slade; copies of miscellaneous incoming correspondence (1865); Hosmer's certificate of appointment as chief justice (1864); temperance speeches (1848-1849); a pamphlet of the Washington Scientific Association (1862); and miscellany. [OVERSIZE MATERIALS: Box B1].<br />This collection consists of a typed copy of a reminiscence (n.d.); a handwritten biographical sketch of Hosmer revised by J.A. Hosmer, and published in "Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana", 1900; a letter from Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) discussing the death of road agent J.A. Slade (1870); copies of miscellaneous incoming correspondence (1865); Hosmer's certificate of appointment as chief justice (1864); temperance speeches (1848-1849); a pamphlet of the Washington Scientific Association (1862); and miscellany. [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Box B4].
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- Mrs. Frank B. Austin, Oakland, CA., H.L. Austin, Los Angeles, CA, 1959., Hezekiah L. Hosmer was born December 10, 1814, in Hudson, New York. He began to study law in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of sixteen. After six years, he moved to the Maumee Valley in Ohio. From 1848 to 1855, he was editor of the Toledo Blade. In 1864, Hosmer was secretary of the Committee on Territories of the U.S. House of Representatives. President Lincoln appointed Hosmer the first chief justice of the Montana Territory Supreme Court under the Organic Act (May 26, 1864). Hosmer reached Montana in October 1864 and opened the first session of the first district court in the territory in December at Virginia City. Hosmer moved to San Francisco, California, in 1872 and remained there until his death on October 31, 1893.
- Accession number :
- edsoai.ocm70328146