Spine title reads: "Journal. Vol. I.", Annotated on front endpaper: "Mary Leigh Best, 1878.", and Binding: Contemporary calf, red gilt morocco spine label, gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Lucca (Italy), Naples (Italy), and Vesuvius (Italy)
Ethnic costume, Grand tours (Education), Landscape drawing, Travelers' writings, English, Views, Women authors, Women travelers, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Eruption, 1822
Autograph letter signed written in response to recipient's request for information regarding the whereabouts of family member Christopher. Hill describes his partnership in a land claim with "Chris" on farmland in Red Wing, Minnesota, between November 1855 and September 1856, and Chris's relocation to Superior, Wisconsin, where he was hired as a member of the surveying party of the northern section of the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad. Hill briefly describes his own position as a clerk and draftsman; his unmarried status; and his agreement with the recipient that a visit to the West would be interesting to him. Hill provides Chris's address in a postscript. The letterhead contains a printed woodcut view of "St. Anthony, Minnesota, [now part of Minneapolis] on the Mississippi."
Description:
St. Paul, Minnesota resident; surveyor and draftsman.
Subject (Geographic):
Red Wing (Minn.)--Description and travel, Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. : 1855-1872)--Pictorial works, and Saint Paul (Minn.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hill, A. J.--(Alfred James),--1823-1895, Hotten, John, and St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. and Shows the Canadian-United States border from Lake Ontario along the St. Lawrence River to 45₋p0₋s N. latitude, east to the Connecticut River, and northeast along the "Height of the land." Coverage of areas away fr
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Boundaries--United States--Maps--Early works to 1800, New York (State)--Maps--Early works to 1800, Québec (Province)--Maps--Early works to 1800, and United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces
Collection of 65 legal documents, on parchment, from the region around Bordeaux in the Duchy of Aquitaine. Dating from between 1254 and 1469, most of the items are in Old Provençal (Occitan) and document various land transactions, including sales, leases, donations, and other transfers of lands, usually vineyards or other agricultural properties. There are also a few wills and letters, and one undated tithe map. The documents are from the Bordeaux region; fifteen concern properties in or near the town of St. Machaire
Description:
Digital version available;, Almost entirely in Old Provençal; six documents in Latin; two in Middle French., Finding aid available., Most documents docketed., and Most documents dated in accordance with the English regnal calendar; the remainder are dated in accordance with the French regnal calendar. A few give both regnal dates.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Aquitaine., and Aquitaine (France)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Administration of estates, Church lands, Land tenure, and Economic conditions