ALS from Thomas Robinson to H. M. Yerington.

Newark, NV, 1884. Bifolio (4 pp.) autograph letter, signed by Robinson, dated Nov. 19th, 1884 and sent from Newark, Nevada. This letter written from Robinson to Yerington is quite legible and speaks mainly of the election betrayal of A. C. Cleaveland. In it Robinson states that, although A. C. Cleaveland was the person who nominated him and counseled him to make his headquarters in Hamilton, he lost the election through the duplicitous nature of Cleveland. E.g.: "He may tell you that I am not a friend of the Local Roads but if he says so he tells an infamous lie." On lined paper. Excellent condition.All three individuals mentioned in this letter are quite well known in Nevada history. H. M. Yerrington [sic], namesake of the town of Yerington in Lyon County, Nevada: "In 1863 H. M. Yerington came to Carson City and became one of its most prosperous business men. Among his earliest work was the construction of the Merrimac mill for the rushing of Comstock ore, the first mill in the state of that description, and stood on the Carson river. Later he became associated with D. O. Mills, Villiam Sharon and William C. Ralston in the construction of the Virginia Truckee Railroad, and he had the honor of driving the first and last spikes, He was made general manager of the road, which position he holds to this day. Also he was instrumental in bringing about the construction and had charge of the work of the Carson & Colorado Railroad which was completed in 1882 and was sold to the Southern Pacific Company in 1900. He is also heavily interested in the Inyo Development Company, which owns big soda works at Keeler, and is also prominently interested in the Southern Improvement Company at Hawthorne, where the company owns extensive timber and water rights. Mr. H. M. Yerington also owns a large amount of stock in and is president of the Carson water works, and has large interests in California as well as throughout Nevada, being president of sixteen different companies. He also constructed the first flume for sending wood and timber down the mountains; built the Carson yard for the timber and flume companies and the Eldorado Wood and Flume Company, through which they delivered a large portion of wood and timber for the Comstock mining companies, embracing about three hundred and ten miles of drifts." (Nevada Genealogy Trails).The author, Thomas Robinson, was a famous miner in early Nevada. The present Robinson Mining District is named after him. He was for many years the manager of the Bay State Mining Company in Colorado and was very active in Republican politics in Nevada.In the late 1860s, A. C. Cleaveland was on the Board of Commissioners for Washoe County. He also was an early Nevada miner.