Autograph Note, signed with initials, in the upper margin of a letter to her. On Hotel St. Francis letterhead. Approximately 8¼x5½". Envelope present.

Morgan forwards the letter from botanist Patrick DeLacy-Mulhall to Hearst Castle landscaper Hugh Hazard, as it lists 11 varieties of roses which Hearst had transported from his inland “Hacienda” hunting lodge, to San Simeon, the coastal site of his future Castle. The best-known California woman architect of her day, Julia Morgan designed both Hearst’s small Hacienda in central California, where he hosted Hollywood friends like Errol Flynn and Leslie Howard, and – one day’s horseback ride away - his sumptuous Castle, then in its third year of construction. Morgan became the principal architect on all of “Citizen Hearst’s” building projects, but her Arts and Crafts-style designs can be found on homes and buildings throughout northern California.