Manuscripts
Articles of Copartnership for carrying on a Joint Trade
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Letter and manuscript of Carl Friedrich Gauss
Manuscripts
The letter, dated 1839, Dec. 31 from Göttingen, relates to items, some of which are worth hundreds of gold pieces, that Gauss is either selling, buying, or shipping to his son Charles William Gauss who lived in St. Louis and owned a retail dry goods store. The letter is incomplete and the addressee is unknown. In German. HM 77960.
mssHM 77960-77961
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Newton Booth letter to an unknown recipient
Manuscripts
In this letter to an unknown recipient, Newton Booth discusses business details of the selling and movement of various goods in San Francisco.
mssHM 21315
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Fred E. Foster collection
Manuscripts
Group of three letter books relating to the work of Fred E. Foster, an independent commercial agent in Shanghai from 1863-1866, and agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in Yokohama and Hong Kong from 1878-1882. Plus manuscript journal of the sailing ship St James' voyage under Master Burnham from New York to Hong Kong via San Francisco and Shanghai as well as the return journey via England, dated 1891-1892. The log book may not be in Foster's hand. The letter books reflect Foster's work with mercantile firms in the United States, England, and Europe and their commercial interests in Asia. Letters touch on topics including the acquisition of land leases; performance and compensation for consular services; market changes; buying and selling of goods; Foster's personal activities; everyday life in Asia; day-to-day company operations; and shipping concerns. Correspondents include international mercantile representatives; the PMSSC's presidents, D.S. Babcock and J.B. Houston; and employees of the PMSSC in San Francisco and other cities in Asia.
mssHM 80571-80574
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Stoddard, Charles Warren. Introduction to an unidentified article or book
Manuscripts
Manuscript, 5 pages. Begins "a dear friend once said to me, 'You have no imagination!'"and ends "It was after that I waded through "The Vale of Tears" and having returned alone, at the age of sixteen years, by the Isthmus of Panama, I arrived in San Francisco and began the next phase of my development in my somewhat varied career and the true story of it now follows."
HM 38489
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Maxwell's Demon: article
Manuscripts
This manuscript is a copy of Daub's article entitled "Maxwell's Demon" (he sent the copy to Bern Dibner). The manuscript deals with Maxwell's demon, thermodynamics, and J.Loschmidt's non-demon. With the manuscript are two letters: one by Daub to Dibner and Dibner's reply (1970, January-February).
mssHM 80283
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Representation from the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
Manuscripts
To the Right Honorable Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled: A Representation of the State of the Trade of this Kingdom.
mssHM 821