Letters discuss agriculture, particularly Scottish farming and British farm productivity in general; the coal industry; Buckland's views on geology; and various scientific discoveries.
Subject (Name):
Buckland, William, 1784-1856 and Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Great Britain, Bible and geology, and Farm management--Great Britain
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Description:
Imperfect: some letters mutilated with loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
A group of letters written by the novelist Abel Hermant to George Eli Hall, focusing on details of Hermant's daily life and the progress of his writings.
Alternative Title:
[Letters : Abel Hermant to George Hall]
Subject (Name):
Hall, George Eli, 1863-1911 and Hermant, Abel,--1862-1950
Two ALS dated at Columbia, California, written by Alvah I. Davis to "Wm. B." and "Dear Will," a friend in the East. A letter dated 1854 Nov 11 discusses his plans to return to the East from Oregon via California, his subsequent decision to remain in California following the wreck of the ship Yankee Blade during his passage from San Francisco, and his work as a miner near Columbia. A letter dated 1855 Jan 27-28 describes in detail his experiences during the wreck of the Yankee Blade and discusses his impressions of Columbia and his life as a miner. The letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Gold discoveries and Columbia (Calif.)
Manuscript and printed items, tipped into album in approximate chronological order. Includes letters to Eardley-Wilmot from Sir Brook Watson, 1st bart. (1735-1807), George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st marquis of Buckingham (1753-1813), John Moore, abp. of Canterbury (1730-1805), the Bishop of Leon, Frances Anne (Greville) Crewe, lady Crewe (d.1818), Mark Noble (1754-1827), Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st bart. (1748-1825), Hannah More (1745-1833), John Milner (1752-1826), John Wills (1741-1806), John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823), Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), William Eden, 1st baron Auckland (1744-1814); other manuscript items include financial records, records of council proceedings, and a copy of a letter from Pope Pius VI to the Bishop of Leon.The printed items include newspaper clippings, lists of subscribers, minutes and resolutions from committee meetings, a printed document in Latin issued by Pope Pius VI praising "even non-catholic princes and people" who give asylum to French clergy, and an unrecorded separate printing of the "Case of the Suffering Clergy of France" by Edmund Burke (1729-1797), which first appeared in the Evening Mail, 1792 Sep 19 (see Todd, Bibl. Edmund Burke, No. 60). Some letters praise Eardley-Wilmot for his charitable pursuit, and others criticize him as a papal sympathizer. Table of contents outlines dates and names of correspondents in page order.
Alternative Title:
[Letter : Mr. Poulter to e Bishop of St. Pol. de Leon]
Subject (Geographic):
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Foreign public opinion, British, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Refugees--Sources, and Great Britain--Foreign relations--France--1789-1815
Subject (Name):
Eardley-Wilmot, John,--1750-1815
Subject (Topic):
Anti-Catholicism--Great Britain, Anticlericalism--France, and Clergy--France--Political activity--History