Collection includes a corrected typescript of "The First of May" bound with a 1929 corrected page proof of "And I Was 21" (both appear to be versions of "Confessions of a Naturalized Englishman" from "Babes in the Wood"); an undated corrected typescript of "Young Men in Love"; a 1925 typescript of "The Green Hat: A Play about Decency" inscribed by Arlen to Crosby Gaige; a letter from Arlen to the George H. Doran Company (dated 7 November 1925); and a letter from Doran to an unidentified recipient (dated 11 November 1925) regarding Arlen's letter.
Subject (Name):
Doran, George H. (George Henry), 1869-1956 and Paramount Pictures
Also contained in the letter are three pen drawings: one of Sir Robert Peel; another of the crowd at the Italian opera; and a caricature of his idea for an exhibit of the Whig Ministers at Madame Tussaud's wax museum. and Letter from Doyle to Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon, which primarily discusses politics and social news. The letter begins with a detailed description of his recent visits to the sessions of the House of Commons, including a summary of Sir James Graham's speeches and an unfavorable description of Sir Robert Peel. He also speculates about the marriage prospects and "wicked conspiracy" surrounding Miss Talbot; describes a night at a performance of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor; and mentions his social visits to other artists.
Description:
Binding: full red morocco folder; gilt decoration., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., In gilt on cover: Richard Doyle 1824 1883. Autograph letter containing three drawings to Lady Gordon., Pasted inside cover: dealer's description of manuscript., and Richard Doyle (1824-1883) was an artist and caricaturist, who designed the cover of "Punch" and contributed to over a thousand "Punch" cartoons.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901 and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Donizetti, Gaetano,--1797-1848.--Lucia di Lammermoor, Doyle, Richard,--1824-1883, Duff Gordon, Lucie,--Lady,--1821-1869, Graham, James,--Sir,--1792-1861, Great Britain.--House of Commons, Peel, Robert, Sir, 1822-1895--Caricatures and cartoons, and Tussaud, Marie,--1761-1850
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Opera--Great Britain, and Wit and humor--Pictorial
George B. Blanchard's letter describes a voyage from Panama to San Francisco aboard the barks Emily and Archibald Gracie. He records trouble resupplying the Emily at San Blas, Mexico and negotiations with the American consul. With the letter is another letter to his family giving a list of those who died on the voyage.
Subject (Geographic):
San Blas (Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Archibald Gracie (Bark), Blanchard, George B., and Emily (Bark)
Letter from Zachary Tayor as Aide to the Commander in Chief, to the Cuartel General Ejercito de Ocupacion concerning a previous communication by a commission dealing with contributions for Nuevo Leon. Taylor expresses satisfaction with the impartiality shown by the committee, asks the commissioners to recognize the importance of neutrality and to convey that to the people, and states his belief that no one from Nuevo Leon participated in the violence against the trains.
Subject (Name):
United States--Army--History--Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns, and Mexican War, 1846-1848--Occupied territories
Samuel F. Tappan papers relating to the Sand Creek Massacre
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Manuscript and typescript carbon letters, clippings and other documents relating to the Massacre at Sand Creek, Colorado. Included in the papers is a holograph manuscript draft of a letter to the editor of the New York Times dated July 26, 1897, in which Tappan corrects statements made in the newspaper regarding the massacre; an undated typescript carbon letter to an unidentified recipient in which Tappan discusses the military commission that investigated the massacre; a photocopy of a notarized statement dated June 1, 1957, by Frank M. Wynkoop which describes a meeting with the commander of the Sand Creek troops, Colonel John M. Chivington; a photocopy of a broadside entitled The Indian Question; a clipping of Tappan's letter to the editor of the New York Tribune dated September 16, 1867, regarding the "origins of the Indian War"; and newspaper clippings relating to the Massacre and Tappan obituary notices.
Description:
Born in 1831 in Manchester, Massachusetts, Tappan went to Kansas in 1854 and joined the movement to make Kansas a free state. In 1860, after holding various state offices in Kansas, he moved to Colorado and commanded the First Colorado Cavalry Regiment. Tappan presided over the first investigation of the Sand Creek Massacre in which hundreds of surrendered and partially disarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho were killed in a surprise attack by troops under the command of Colonel John M. Chivington in 1864. After attaining the rank of colonel in 1865, he was mustered out of the Army and appointed a member of the United States Indian Peace Commission. He promoted emigration to Oregon while employed by the Oregon Steamship and Railroad Company, and was superintendent of the Nebraska Indian Industrial School. He was a correspondent to major newspapers throughout the United States, and wrote frequently on American Indian human rights issues. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1913.