Manuscripts
The practise of prelates : compyled by the faythfull and godly learnid man Wylliam Tyndall... : manuscript
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John Tyndall letters
Manuscripts
The letters are written to various people (two of which are not identified) and deal with trivial matters as well as science, and Tyndall's writing of a autobiography or a scientific article for the Youth's Companion. The note is written on stationary from "Elton Hall."
mssHM 75992-75998
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Charmian London letters and manuscripts
Manuscripts
This material includes letters and manuscripts by Charmian London. Nine of the letters (1910-1926) are written to Margaret Smith Cobb, a California author, poet, and artist, and friend of both Charmian and Jack London. The letters concern family matters, lace making, their mutual writing projects, and health issues; the letters also mention Jack London, George Sterling, and Harry Houdini. There is one letter (Oct. 7, 1911) from Charmian to Elizabeth Maddern London ("Bessie"), Jack London's first wife. Also included are two typewritten carbon copies of a newspaper article ([approx. 1916]) Charmian wrote about British women during World War I; galley proofs ([approx. 1916]) of an article by Jack London, corrected by Charmian; and one empty envelope (June 26, 1917). All the material is in good condition, with some slight damage from normal use.
mssHM 83700-83712
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Manuscripts, Documents and Ephemera
Manuscripts
The collection contains 69 letters (primarily between members of the Brinley family and Edward Brinley, Jr.), 18 documents (largely relating the career of Edward Brinley, Jr.), a journal kept by Brinley on board the USS North Carolina, Oct. 1840-May. 1841, and the U.S.S. Delaware from Dec. 1843-Mar. 1844, and a portable wooden writing desk owned by Brinley. The early correspondence deals with Edward's childhood and education, his first naval appointment aboard the U.S.S. North Carolina including details about the various ports-of-call. His letters of the 1844-1845 period deal with his service on the U.S.S. Falmouth in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean during the prelude to the U.S.-Mexican War. Edward's letters of the 1846-1850 period deal with his service aboard the U.S.S. Preble during its cruise of the Pacific. Brinley's comments on the economic, ecological, and political phenomenon of the Pacific throughout these letters. The California gold rush, U.S. economic colonialism in present-day Hawaii, U.S. whaling in the Pacific, and the Chinese Opium trade are among the issues extensively discussed. His letters of 1856 were written during his service on the USS Potomac in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. They include discussions of the "filibusterer" William Walker's short-lived takeover of Nicaragua. The letters of Francis W. Brinley, Edward, Jr.'s most frequent correspondent, are dominated by family news and fatherly advice regarding the merits of hard work and respect for authority. Francis's letters do contain some interesting portraits of quotidian life as a businessman in Perth Amboy, NJ, however. The two letters of Thomas Brinley paint a dismal picture of his failed attempt at making a fortune in 1850s California. The remainder of the correspondence relates primarily to the everyday affairs of the Brinley family.
mssHM 74000-74090
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The autobiography of a pocket handkerchief: handwritten manuscript
Manuscripts
Final draft. Bound in leather boards. Originally published in the first four issues of Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXII (January-April 1843): 1:1-18; 2: 89-102; 3:158-167; and 4:205-213. All the leaves are blank on the verso, save for leaf 56. On leaf 26, note to Rufus Griswold, editor of Graham's Magazine, regarding the need for proofs and the character Adrienne. Author's name is misspelled on the cover.
mssHM 34535
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Britanniae Romanorum: manuscript
Manuscripts
An unfinished dictionary of persons, places, etc. associated with Roman Britain (entries A through C only), followed by working notes and extracts from other sources; with additional notes, in another hand, on medieval England. The manuscript is undated. Volume 1 is 351 pages. Volume 2 is 273 pages.
mssHM 154
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Samuel Morse letters
Manuscripts
Two of the letters are written to Congressman John B. Aycrigg. In these letters, Morse is talking about the telegraph and is requesting assistance in getting his brother Sidney Morse permission to use a map. These letters are dated 1843 and 1844. HM 79876-79877.
mssHM 79876-79878