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An extensive archive of correspondence and related material addressed to James D Phelan, California Senator and longtime Mayor of San Francisco. His magnificent mansion in Saratoga is now the Montalvo Art Center. The archive includes: 1. DeYoung, M. H., Autograph Note Signed, 1 page, 4to, n.p., October 20, 1904, in full “I see nothing to prevent me from being on the eleven o’clock boat tomorrow. I am rather anxious to see what Tilden is doing so you may expect me,” fine. 2. Tilden, Douglas, Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page, 4to, Oakland, CA, November 12, 1907, in part: “Mrs. Tilden and myself thank you very much for the invitation to be present at the unveiling of the Junipero Serra monument,” fine. 3. Hoover, Herbert, Typed Letter Signed, 1 page, 4to, n.p., March 5, 1920, on his speech at the League of Nations. 4. Grant, Ulysses S. Jr., Autograph Note Signed (“U. S. Grant Jr ,”), 1 page, octavo, n.d., on James D. Phelan office stationery, in full: “I will be more than charmed to accept you polite and thoughtful invitation for a drive today.” 5. Taylor, Edward Robeson, Autograph Poem Signed, “A Californian with Attica. Inscribed to Senator James Duval Phelan,” 3 pages, n.p., n.d., together with three printed poems inscribed to Phelan, “Hymn to the Sun,” n.d., with corrections, “Carcassone,” and “Carcassone Attained,” May 5, 1911. 6. Pershing, John J. General. Autograph Card, Christmas 1918. 7. Yeats, Jack B., Receipt Signed, 1 page, 12mo, 29 August 1902, for purchase of painting “The Leppers.”