Franklin Richards's letter describes his westward journey from St. Louis, the hostility of settlers, the massacre at Haun's Mill, and his stay in the West. He also writes about the Mormon war, relatives in the West, his faith, the fertility of the country, and his return to Illinois Town, where he worked cutting timber.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Richards, Phineas. 1788-1874 and Richards, Wealthy Dewey, 1786-
Holograph retained drafts of letters from Bulstrode to various persons, including the Duke of Somerset and Sir Richard Blackmore. Several letters deal with Bulstrode’s dispute with the government over the loss of his office to a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole.
Description:
Blank pages at end not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Blackmore, Richard, Sir, d. 1729, Bulstrode, Whitelocke, 1650-1724, Great Britain --Politics and government --1714-1727, and Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748
Holograph manuscript containing copies of letters sent by Codrington to his agents in Antigua and Barbuda from 1779 to 1782 concerning the management of his estates and accounts, the employment of servants and slaves, the sugar trade, and the effects of war on contact with the West Indies.
Description:
Binding: original vellum inscribed "Letter Book 1779"; contemporary metal clasp, largely intact., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and p. [107-110] excised.
Subject (Geographic):
Antigua and Barbuda--History
Subject (Topic):
Administration of estates, Plantation life--Caribbean Area, and Sugar trade--Antigua
