Dear Admiral

Name/Title

"Dear Admiral"

Entry/Object ID

2025.50.3

Description

A typed letter, addressed "Dear Admiral." The letter gives a listing of amenities and services in Napa Valley, including churches, florists, banks, bakeries, libraries, police and fire departments, and other types of business. Accompanied by a hand drawn map of the city East of the Napa River with streets and places of note. The map notes the Southern Pacific Railway and Electric Railway, dating the letters and map somewhere in the first half of the 20th century.

Collection

Letters

Acquisition

Accession

2025.50

Source or Donor

Hoffman, Paul

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Maps, Business & finance, Tourism, Military officers

Letter Details

Letter Date

1902 - 1942

Time Period

20th Century

Create Date

January 17, 2026

Update Date

January 20, 2026