Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:
Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Name):
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:
Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Name):
Freemantle, W. T. (William Thomas)
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri Williams, Robert, fl. 1876
Published / Created:
1876 July 16
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1025 Un3124
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
General Crook planned an ambitious campaign against the Sioux Indians for the summer of 1876. In this dispatch, General Sheridan provides information on movements of hostile Indians, assignments and movements of United States troops, and availability of supplies and equipment.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) and Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Coates, Edwin M., Crook, George, 1828-1890, Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter), 1825-1909, Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910, Nickerson, James D., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd, United States. Army. Cavalry, 5th, United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th, and United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
Subject (Topic):
Cheyenne Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America --Wars --1866-1895, and Ute Indians
Documents relating to the estate of John Hallett, a landowner in Barbados, written in manuscript in unidentified hands, most dated at Barbados: copy of an agreement, dated 1700, relating to Hallett's marriage to Sarah Andrews; copy of Hallett's will, dated 1716; document granting power of attorney for Hallett's estate in Great Britain, signed by Edmund Sutton and William Cogen, 1716; judgement settling Hallett's estate, signed by Robert Raymond, Baron Raymond, attorney general, 1722; inventory of the estate of William Andrews, administered by Sarah Hales, former wife of John Hallett, 1726; and list of accounts of William Andrews, 1727-1729. and Documents relating to the government of the colony of Barbados, written in manuscript in unidentified hands: copy of an appointment made by Sir Matthew Lamb for a hearing on legislation, dated 1761; document containing copies of extracts from letters, dated 1765, regarding seizure of the ship Patient Mary; articles of agreement relating to the office of secretary and remembrancer of the exchequer court, signed by Andrew Stone, 1770; and ALS from Henry Crichlow to an unidentified recipient, regarding his partnership with James Elder in the office of deputy provost marshall general, 1772. Also present is a document signed by John Gay Alleyne, granting power of attorney, 1747.
Subject (Geographic):
Barbados--Politics and government--18th century and Barbados--Social conditions--18th century
Subject (Name):
Alleyne, John Gay, 1724-1801, Andrews, William, plantation owner, Cogen, William, Crichlow, Henry, Elder, James, Hales, Sarah, Hallett, John, Lamb, Matthew, Sir, 1705-1768, Patient Mary (Ship), Raymond, Robert Raymond, Baron, 1673-1733, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, and Sutton, Edmund
Collection contains letters from Christopher Isherwood to his brother, Richard Isherwood, and his mother, Kathleen Machell Smith Isherwood. The letters describe his life in America, his efforts to become a United States citizen, and his involvement with Indian Vedanta philosophy and the Swāmi Prabhavananda. Many letters discuss his work writing articles, screenplays and books, especially the autobiographical "Kathleen and Frank." The letters also mention several of his friends, including E. M. Forster, Felix Greene, Aldous Huxley and Peggy Kiskadden. Also included is a letter from Isherwood's companion Don Bachardy to Richard Isherwood with a note from Christopher, and two letters to Christopher Isherwood from family acquaintances concerning family history.
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Box 1 contains the correspondence, photographs, family records, the bulk of the military records, and the circa 2013 genealogical material and typescript. Box 2 contains Francis Marion Gibson's Army promotion certificates. and Family correspondence, photographs, and military records documenting the lives of family members of Francis M. Gibson. Gibson's military service in the Seventh Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army in Montana in the Battle of the Little Bighorn is particularly well documented. The papers include Gibson's military and family records, including his marriage certificate to Kate Garrett, Army promotion certificates, and burial plot records for Washington National Cemetery, 1869-1894, with a letter from Katherine Gibson Fougera about the marriage certificate, circa 1940; letters from Donald McIntosh to Mary Garrett McIntosh, 1876; letters from George Armstong Custer's widow, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, to Katherine Garrett Gibson, circa 1919 and undated; letters from General George H. Cameron to Francis Marion Gibson and Kate Garrett Gibson, 1916-1919; and letters concerning Gibson family history from E. S. Luce, Superintendent of the Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, to Katherine Gibson Fougera, 1941-1955, with four photographs of the park enclosed. Accompanied by later genealogical material compiled by descendants and transcript of notes made by Kate Garrett Gibson in 1924, circa 2013.
Description:
Francis M. Gibson (1847-1919), husband of Katherine (Kate) Garrett Gibson (1853-1934), served as captain in the Seventh Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. Donald McIntosh (1838-1876), husband of Kate Garrett Gibson's sister, Mary Garrett McIntosh (1853-1910), served as first lieutenant in the Seventh Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. Both men participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn; McIntosh died in the battle. and Gift of Margaret Christensen, 2013.
Subject (Name):
Garrett family, McIntosh, Mary Garrett, 1853-1910, and United States--Army--Cavalry, 7th
32 ALS, 28 written by Jonathan Edwards, Jr. to John Ryland, dated 1785-1800. There are two letters from S. E. Dwight (dated 1818 and 1822), and one letter each from Jonathan Walter Edwards (dated 1803) and Timothy Edwards (dated 1819). The letters concern Ryland's and the Edwards family's mutual interest in Jonathan Edwards, Sr., with news of his descendants and the disposition of Edwards's papers. Jonathan Edwards Jr.'s letters also contain discussions of the various theological concerns of his time.
Subject (Name):
Edwards family and Ryland, John.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy--New England., Congregational churches--New England--Clergy., and Theology, Doctrinal--United States--History--18th century.