Volume containing 13 autograph letters, signed, collected by A. Conger Goodyear and pertaining to Yale alumni or employees, 1742-1846, Elisha Williams, Wethersfield, Connecticut, to Reverend Stephen Williams, 1742 July 5., Richard Sill (Yale 1755), New Haven, Connecticut, to Nathan Hale (Yale 1773), New London, Connecticut, 1775 March 5., William Robinson, New Haven, Connecticut, to Nathan Hale (Yale 1773), Roxbury, Connecticut, 1776 February 19., Timothy Dwight (Yale 1744) to George Washington, 1778 March 8., John C. Calhoun (Yale 1804), Washington, D.C., to M. Sterling, Watertown, New York, 1818 April 1., Noah Webster (Yale 1778), Amherst, Massachusetts, to Jedidiah Morse (Yale 1783, MA 1786), New Haven, Connecticut, 1820 September 27., Samuel F. B. Morse (Yale 1810), Washington, D.C., to Jedidiah Morse (Yale 1783, MA 1786), New Haven, Connecticut, 1821 December 7., Samuel F. B. Morse (Yale 1810), Washington, D.C., to Louis McLane, London, England, 1846 March 24., Eli Whitney (Yale 1792), New Haven, Connecticut, to Lieutenant Drummer, 1814 August 28., Roger Sherman, Eliphalet Dyer (Yale 1740), and Silas Deane (Yale 1758), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to “Col. Butler, Esqr. Denison, Esqr. Judd, & Mr. Slumon,” 1775 August 2., Autograph accounts rendered by Richard Morris (Yale 1748) to Lewis Morris (Yale 1746) in New York, 1765. Noted are multiple purchases of enslaved people, Samuel F. B. Morse (Yale 1810) to David Dudley Field (Yale 1802), undated, Jedidiah Morse (Yale 1783, MA 1786), Charleston, South Carolina, to “Dear Sir,” 1818 June 30., and Theodore Dwight Woolsey (Yale 1820), New Haven, Connecticut, to Benjamin F. Thompson, Hempstead, Long Island, 1841 October 25.
Description:
A. Conger Goodyear (1877-1964) (Yale 1899) succeeded his father, Charles W. Goodyear, as director of the Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts in 1912 and was appointed the first president of the Museum of Modern Art in 1929., In English., Title from volume spine., and Some letters accompanied by typescript summaries or transcriptions.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State) and New Haven (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850. (John Caldwell),, Deane, Silas, 1738-1789., Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817., Dyer, Eliphalet, 1721-1807., Field, David D. 1781-1867. (David Dudley),, Goodyear, A. Conger 1877-1964. (Anson Conger),, Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776., McLane, Louis, 1786-1857., Morris, Lewis, 1726-1798., Morris, Richard, 1730-1810., Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826., Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872., Robinson, William, 1754-1825., Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793., Sill, Richard, 1755-1790., Thompson, Benjamin F. 1784-1849. (Benjamin Franklin),, Washington, George, 1732-1799., Webster, Noah, 1758-1843., Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825., Williams, Elisha, 1694-1755., Williams, Stephen, 1693-1782., Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889., and Yale University. Alumni.
Zīj (astronomical tables) of Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449 (a Persian astronomer), in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, presented to the Sultan ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Khān ibn Aḥmad Khān (Abdülhamid I Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789), in 1193 Hijrī (1779 or 1780). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned
In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title from folio 1a., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī khalaqa al-arḍ wa-al-samāwāt wa-zayyanahā bi-al-kawākib al-thawābit wa-al-sayyārāt wa-qaddara manāzil li-yuʻlama bi-hā ʻadad al-sinīn wa-ḥisāb al-awqāt, wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá Rasūlihi Muḥammad ṣāḥib al-muʻjizāt wa-muẓhir al-ḥikam wa-al-āyāt wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-aṣḥābihi al-muqīmīn bi-aḥsan al-taqwīm wa-al-aḥkām al-bayyināt ...", Secundo folio: Ulugh Bik ribāṭ., 17 x 22.5 cm; written surface: 11 x 16.5 cm; lines per page vary., Binding: Unbound., In small naskh script, in black ink on white paper, headings and markings in red; some notes on the margins; some wormholes., and Colophon: Colophon missing.
Subject (Name):
Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789. and Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449.
BEIN GER44: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., Tax stamp on Ace of Hearts, black: G. A. FREYBERG; stamp on Ace of Clubs, black; stamps on 7 of Spades, black: G.A. FREYBERG., CourtCards: JS with halberd: G; KH holds orb and sword; manufacturer's stamp below: BG; JH with halberd: A; KD with protion of fleur-de-lis on cloak; JD wtih Münchener Kindl and halberd: B; KC with medallion on chest: ABG; JC with halberd: G., Trumps: Trump VIII depicts unicorn; XII, musician and dancing bear with pole., and The courts are influenced by the Paris model. See Albertina 1974, pp. 203-204, nos. 146-147.
BEIN FRA50: Imperfect: 69 cards, Queen of Spades. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Guyenne., and Composition of deck: unknown.
BEIN GER124: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: XP-4, Composition of deck: 32 [A, K, Q, J, 10-7]., Ace of Hearts: [pip] / [logotype] "KARTENKUNST" / SPIELKARTENFABRIC / BAD REICHENHALL., K-König (king); D-Dame (queen); B-Bube (jack)., and Stamp on Ace of Hearts, purple: Deutsches Reich / 2M / Nr. 176 [?] / [eagle].
BEIN GER410: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Card maker's initials on King of Hearts: I.E.N., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., Tax stamp on Ace of Hearts, red: [eagle] / I THAL. 2GR., CourtCards: KS with sceptre; JS with leaping dog; KH holds sword and orb, medallion: IEN; JH: a Berlin., and Trumps: Trumps are warriors engaged in various activities.
BEIN FRA338: Imperfect: Lacking all Spades; Ace, Queen, Jack, 10-2 of Clubs; Ace, Jack, 10-8, 5-2 of Hearts; Ace, Jack, 10-2 of Diamonds. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck:, and CourtCards: Kingss, crowned suit signs; King of Hearts: ARAMIS; Queen of Hearts: ANNE D'AUTRICHE; King of Diamonds: PORTHOS; Queen of Diamonds: DUCHESSE DE CHEVREUSE; King of Clubs: ATHOS.