Daniel Blue, too weak to write, dictated a letter to Alexander Pullman. It describes his attempted trip to Pike’s Peak from Whiteside County, Illinois by way of Kansas City, Fort Riley, and Smoky Hill Fork. He records the hardships, deaths, cannibalism, and rescue by Indians.
Alternative Title:
Letter: to Mr. John Wilson /by Alexander J. Pullman for Daniel Blue, 1859 May 12
Description:
Accompanied by 6 pages of a corrected page proof from the second printing of Blue’s Narrative.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado --Gold discoveries and West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Blue, Alexander, d. 1859, Blue, Charles, d. 1859, Blue, Daniel, and Solely, George, d. 1859
Biggs and Cottle correspondence regarding Lyrical ballads.
Container / Volume:
Folder: Letter 1
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Sixteen autograph letters, signed, and autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published their in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). The poems were written out by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Dorothy Wordsworth between July 28 and December 23, 1800, in the form of letters to the printers Biggs and Cottle of Bristol, England. The sheets were folded and sent through the mail, and the poems used as setting copy for the volume. One letter, dated July 28, 1800, is addressed to Humphry Davy.
Alternative Title:
Letter 1. To Biggs and Cottle. 1800 July 28. Letter from Wordsworth to Mr. Davy (afterwards Sir Humphrey Davy)
Description:
Ellen Irwin., Heartleap well., The brothers (part), and There was a boy.
Subject (Name):
Biggs and Cottle., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829 , Longman, R. G.--Ownership., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855, and Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
Subject (Topic):
English literature--19th century. and Poets, English--19th century.
The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
Description:
In two sections according to orientation of text; each section paginated separately by the cataloger. and Volume contains unnumbered pages as well as text written in both directions, in some cases on the same page.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
Biggs and Cottle correspondence regarding Lyrical ballads.
Container / Volume:
Folder: Letter 3
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Sixteen autograph letters, signed, and autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published their in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). The poems were written out by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Dorothy Wordsworth between July 28 and December 23, 1800, in the form of letters to the printers Biggs and Cottle of Bristol, England. The sheets were folded and sent through the mail, and the poems used as setting copy for the volume. One letter, dated July 28, 1800, is addressed to Humphry Davy.
Description:
Lucy Gray., The fly., The idle shepherd boys., The oad and the broom., and The waterfall and the eglantine.
Subject (Name):
Biggs and Cottle., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834., Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829 , Longman, R. G.--Ownership., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855., and Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--19th century. and Poets, English--19th century.
Biggs and Cottle correspondence regarding Lyrical ballads.
Container / Volume:
Folder: Letter 4
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Sixteen autograph letters, signed, and autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published their in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). The poems were written out by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Dorothy Wordsworth between July 28 and December 23, 1800, in the form of letters to the printers Biggs and Cottle of Bristol, England. The sheets were folded and sent through the mail, and the poems used as setting copy for the volume. One letter, dated July 28, 1800, is addressed to Humphry Davy.
Description:
A whirlblast from behind the hill., Andrew Jones., Inscription for the house on an island at Grasmerre., Inscription for the spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Herbert's Island. Derwentwater., Lines written with a slate pencil on a stone (part)., Poor Susan., Ruth (part), Song for the Wandering Jew., The two thieves., Tis said that some have died for love., and To a sexton.
Subject (Name):
Biggs and Cottle., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834., Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829 , Longman, R. G.--Ownership., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855., and Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--19th century. and Poets, English--19th century.
Biggs and Cottle correspondence regarding Lyrical ballads.
Container / Volume:
Folder: Letter 5
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Sixteen autograph letters, signed, and autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published their in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). The poems were written out by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Dorothy Wordsworth between July 28 and December 23, 1800, in the form of letters to the printers Biggs and Cottle of Bristol, England. The sheets were folded and sent through the mail, and the poems used as setting copy for the volume. One letter, dated July 28, 1800, is addressed to Humphry Davy.
Description:
Lines written on a tablet in a school., Lines written with a slate pencil … (remainder), Nutting., Ruth (remainder), The fountain., The two April mornings., and Three years she grew in sun and shower.
Subject (Name):
Biggs and Cottle., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834., Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829 , Longman, R. G.--Ownership., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855., and Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--19th century. and Poets, English--19th century.
Biggs and Cottle correspondence regarding Lyrical ballads.
Container / Volume:
Folder: Letter 13
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Sixteen autograph letters, signed, and autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published their in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). The poems were written out by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Dorothy Wordsworth between July 28 and December 23, 1800, in the form of letters to the printers Biggs and Cottle of Bristol, England. The sheets were folded and sent through the mail, and the poems used as setting copy for the volume. One letter, dated July 28, 1800, is addressed to Humphry Davy.
Description:
Michael (continuation) and Notes to the second volume.
Subject (Name):
Biggs and Cottle., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834., Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829 , Longman, R. G.--Ownership., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855., and Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--19th century. and Poets, English--19th century.
Biggs and Cottle correspondence regarding Lyrical ballads.
Container / Volume:
Folder: Letter 12
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Sixteen autograph letters, signed, and autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published their in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). The poems were written out by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Dorothy Wordsworth between July 28 and December 23, 1800, in the form of letters to the printers Biggs and Cottle of Bristol, England. The sheets were folded and sent through the mail, and the poems used as setting copy for the volume. One letter, dated July 28, 1800, is addressed to Humphry Davy.
Description:
Michael (to "He was his comfort …")
Subject (Name):
Biggs and Cottle., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834., Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829 , Longman, R. G.--Ownership., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855., and Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--19th century. and Poets, English--19th century.