James D. Hague 



HORACE 



F. CUTTER 



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Sometime 



known as 



" The Bachelor of San Francisco " 



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HELMET OF MAMBRINO 



Nearly eighteen months intervened 

 between Don Horacio's death at San 

 Francisco, July 13, 1900, and the 

 death of King at Phcenix, Arizona, 

 December 24, ioor. Shortly after 

 the last-named event I determined 

 to obtain, if possible, the original en- 

 grossed manuscript and silk-bound 

 copy of King's letter to Don Hora- 

 cio, together with its accompanying 

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