Letter by Nakahara no Kiyonari, the deputy of Harima's provincial governor, in an unidentified hand. The original manuscripts dated [Kenkyū sannen] hachigatsu nijūsannichi [Aug. 23, 1192]. Fourth manuscript on right-hand screen of original "Komonjo ...
Description:
Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ac3.
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Alternative Title:
[Autograph letter signed] 1859 March 9, Hollow Square, Alabama [to] Friend Fondren
A group of portrait drawings depicting some of the correspondents included in a French collection of Madame du Deffand's letters. The drawings are inserted throughout both volumes of the printed text, supplementing the engraved portraits and other pla...
Description:
Collection title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780, d'Averne, Sophie de Brégis, comtesse, active 1721-1723,, Pont-de-Veyle, 1697-1774,, Choiseul, Louise Honorine Crozat, duchesse de, 1734-1801,, Saint-Lambert, Jean-François de, 1716-1803,, Luynes, Marie Brûlart de La Borde, duchesse de, 1684?-1763,, Chaulnes, Anne Josèphe Bonnier de La Mosson, duchesse de, 1718-1787,, Vallière, Anne Julie Françoise de Crussol, duchesse de, 1713-1797,, Luxembourg, Madeleine-Angélique de Neufville-Villeroy, duchesse de, 1707-1787,, and Rochefort, Marie Thérèse de Larlan de Kercadio, comtesse de, 1716-1782,
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs papers concerning Victoria, British Columbia
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscipt "memorial" in an unidentified hand, dated 1867 Jun 11, to Fred K. Seymour, governor of British Columbia, requesting land for municipal purposes, signed by members of the Municipal Council, including Gibbs, Richard Lewis, and [H. Le...
Description:
American merchant, lawyer, judge and U. S. Consul to Madagascar; served on the Municipal Council of Victoria, British Columbia, from 1866 to 1869.
Subject (Geographic):
Victoria (B.C.)--Politics and government. and Victoria (B.C.)--Social life and customs.
Subject (Name):
Alcott, Thomas S., Leffard, H., Lewis, Richard,--fl. 1867., Russell, J.,--fl. ca. 1868., and Seymour, Fred K.
Letters to the Ministro de Estado y de Relaciones 1828 Apr 14, May 19, by José Mariá Viesca.
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Letters concerning proposals by Reuben Ross to establish a colony in Texas. Governor Viesca reports to the Ministro de Estado y de Relaciones that Ross' original petition in 1826 had been refused due to the disturbances in the frontier region. The are...
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico), Coahuila and Texas (Mexico) Colonization, and Texas--Emigration and immigration
Subject (Name):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Governor (1827-1830 : Viesca and Ross, Reuben, d. 1828
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs papers concerning Victoria, British Columbia
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
ALS dated 1868 Nov 18, to the Mayor and Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, requesting permission to move a sidewalk in order to build on his property; ALS dated 1869 Mar 13, to the Mayor of the City of Victoria, requesting that the mayor grant...
Description:
American merchant, lawyer, judge and U. S. Consul to Madagascar; served on the Municipal Council of Victoria, British Columbia, from 1866 to 1869.
Subject (Geographic):
Victoria (B.C.)--Politics and government. and Victoria (B.C.)--Social life and customs.
Subject (Name):
Alcott, Thomas S., Leffard, H., Lewis, Richard,--fl. 1867., Russell, J.,--fl. ca. 1868., and Seymour, Fred K.
Autograph letter, signed responding to Joseph Witherspoon Cooks interest in a Dakota Indian boy taken prisoner by the United States Army at the Battle of Summit Springs. Buffalo Bill discusses actions of United States soldiers and himself in the battl...
Subject (Name):
Buffalo Bills Wild West Company
Subject (Topic):
Cheyenne Indians --Wars, 1868-1869. and Indian captivities --Colorado
Bennett, Clarence Edmund, d. 1902 Eckels, Delano Russell.
Published / Created:
1858
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1124 Ec54
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Delano R. Eckels, Chief Justice of the Utah Territory, informs Lt. Bennett of the 10th Infantry "I have not yet procured you a bedfellow for the coming winter...we have no news except that half of the Civil Government of Utah is not sober."
Description:
Copy of original letter to Bennett which was dropped on the road from Great Salt Lake City to Camp Floyd, Utah. Copies were made by the Mormons, and the original was returned to Bennett.
The letter written by the superintendent of the Oregon Mission defines in detail the duties and responsibilities of Mr. Hines's position in charge of the Manual Labor School.
Description:
From the Winlock W. Miller Collection.
Subject (Name):
Hines, Gustavus, 1809-1873 and Lee, Jason, 1803-1845
Edmunds, J. M. (James Madison), 1810-1879 United States. General Land Office
Published / Created:
1865 October 13
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2393
Collection Title:
United States Carson City Land Office papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
3
Description:
The Carson City Land Office was the first Land Office in Nevada. Registers and Receivers of the Land Office in the years covered by the papers are: Chauncey Noteware, Adolphus Waitz, James McMartin, F.H. Hinckley, O.H. Gallup, S.C. Wright, and Warren ...
Subject (Geographic):
Carson City (Nev.) and Gold Hill (Nev.)
Subject (Name):
Gallup, O. H, Hinckley, F. H, Lockhart, Warren T, McMartin, James, Noteware, Chauncey, United States.--Carson City Land Office (Carson City, Nev.), United States.--General Land Office, Waitz, Adolphus, and Wright, S. C
Subject (Topic):
Homestead law--United States, Mines and mineral resources--Nevada, and Real property--Nevada
Autograph letter, signed to "Dear Brother," asking the recipient to exchange pulpits on the following Sabbath. Annotations in another contemporary hand concern Massachusetts Presbyterians; the Great Awakening at Princeton; and the publishing history o...
Subject (Topic):
Congregational churches --Clergy. and Presbyterians --United States --History
Letter from Viceroy Bucareli y Ursúa to Father Rafael Bergér naming Father Pablo Font, Father Juan Riobo, and Father Matias Noriega as chaplains for the impending voyage of exploration along the California coast, and discussing the finances availabl...
Description:
GIft of Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, Pacific Coast--Discovery and exploration, and Spain--Exploring expeditions
Subject (Name):
Bergér, Rafael, Font, Pablo, New Spain. Viceroy (1771-1779 : Bucareli y Ursúa), Noriega, Mathias, and Riobo, Juan
Pettis's letters to his wife Annie describe the army posts, towns, and the difficulties of frontier duty in a time of limited communication and erratic pay. Included are the descriptive rolls of the men recruited by Pettis, giving rank, age, size, des...
Description:
George Henry Pettis, lieutenant in the California Volunteers during the Civil War, recruited and commanded company K, 1st California Volunteer Infantry, under colonel James H. Carleton, in its campaigns in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.
Subject (Geographic):
California--History--Civil War, 1861-1865., Fort Craig (N.M.), Fort Sumner (N.M.), and United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
I certify that the enclosed hair was taken from the head of the much lamented Andre, at the period of his disinternment in the fall of the year 1822 ...
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Weber, J. J., fl. 1862-1871
Published / Created:
1843 June 10
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 244
Collection Title:
Documents relating to Richard Wagner
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Contained in bound volume containing the original contract between Wagner and J. J. Weber for the publication of Der Ring des Nibelungen, signed by both parties, 1862 Dec 1, Leipzig and Dresden.
Joseph Thomas Heath's diary describes farm life in Steilacoom, Oregon Territory. The diary is accompanied by letters relating to Heath and the diary. 195 p.
Subject (Geographic):
Steilacoom (Wash.)
Subject (Name):
Heath, Joseph 1805-1849
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Washington (State) and Farm life--Washington (State)
Abby Mansur's letters to her family describe the daily life of a New Hampshire housewife in California. Accompanied by an ALS, dated 1855 Aug 13, of Marcus M. Harrub, business partner of Abby Mansur's husband, to Mrs. Littlefield, her sister, informin...
Subject (Name):
Harrab, Marcus M, Littlefield, Hannah E. Leighton, Mansur, Abby T. Leighton,--d. 1855, Mansur, Horace, and Mansur, James C
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--California and Home economics--California
Academy of American Poets--Correspondence, Simon and Schuster, inc.--Correspondence, Stanford, Frank, 1949---Correspondence, and Yale University Press--Correspondence
[1] Receipt for 1,000 shares of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc. stock, made out to Mrs. George S. Ryan, dated Nov. 30, 1939 -- [2] TLS, dated Nov. 20, 1939, to Mrs. George S. Ryan from Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed by Ralph S. Fleming -- [3] TLS, da...
Subject (Name):
Fleming, Ralph S.--Autograph, Ryan, George S., Mrs.--Ownership, Ryan, Martha H., Mrs.--Ownership, and Silver Mountain Mines, Inc.
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--Washington (State)--King County
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Williams discusses the progress of settlement in Waterville since moving there with his family in 1855, briefly reporting family news and describing farming, climate, and natural features.
Subject (Geographic):
Le Sueur County (Minn.) --Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life --Minnesota --Waterville
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
In letters of March 19 (WA MSS S-469; Y839) and April 14, 1881 (WA MSS S-470; Y839) Young writes of her experiences as a lecturer and comments on women's suffrage, Mormonism, and Brigham Young. WA MSS S-469 Y839 completely digitized.
Subject (Name):
Froiseth, Jennie Anderson and Young, Ann Eliza, b. 1844
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Governor (1826-1827 : Arizpe)
Published / Created:
1827 Feb 22
Call Number:
WA MSS S-989 C6313
Collection Title:
Letters : to Estado y de Relaciones
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters concerning requests by Reuben Ross (WA MSS S-988;C6313) to settle Catholic families in Texas, near the Natchitoches between the Red and Colorado rivers, a section of land previously granted to Brig. Gen. Arthur Wavell. Gov. Arizpe (WA MSS S-98...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado River (Colo. Mexico), Red River (N.M. : River), and Texas Colonization
Subject (Name):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Governor (1826-1827 : Arizpe) , Padilla, Juan Antonio, d. 1839, Ross, Reuben, d. 1828, and Wavell, Arthur Goodall, 1785-1860
Four ALS written by William W. Wootton from Vera Cruz, Mexico, and New Orleans, Louisiana, while serving in the United States Army, 13th Infantry Regiment, Company E, in the Mexican War. Written to Elizabeth, Mary, and Nancy Foster, of Macon, Georgia...
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1971.
Subject (Name):
Foster, Elizabeth, fl. 1847-1848, Foster, Mary, fl. 1847-1848, Foster, Nancy, fl. 1847-1848, Peck, Dorastus, Perry, Humphrey Best, Perry, John S., fl. 1847, Perry, Stephen B., United States--Army--Infantry Regiment, 13th (1861-1957), United States--Army--Infantry Regiment, 15th, and Wootton, William W.
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico--Personal narratives
Two autograph letters, signed, from William Birth, solider stationed at Fort Shaw, Montana to his friend, Perry Hobbs. Birth describes his participation in the Marias Massacre, in which United States Army soldiers massacred approximately two hundred m...
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. (Cowan's sale, 2011 December 2, lot 291) on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2011.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Shaw (Mont.) and Marias River (Mont.)
Subject (Name):
Birth, William, 1842-1914, Hobbs, Perry, and United States Army Infantry, 13th
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Montana, Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Personal narratives, Marias Massacre, Mont., 1870, Siksika Indians, and Soldiers--Montana
Wilson family correspondence related to emigration from Scotland to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
491
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters from Agnes to James, March-December 1873, document their courtship, as well as his travel through Italy and return to Auburn Theological Seminary in Auburn, New York. After their marriage in April 1874, letters from Agnes to relatives in Scotl...
Description:
Agnes Ledgerwood Hately Wilson MacIntosh (1845-1931) was a daughter of Thomas Ledgerwood Hately (1816-1867), a composer and precentor of the Free High Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Ann Atkinson Brook Hately (1817-1861). She had two older siblings...
Subject (Geographic):
Cedarville (N.J.)--Religious life and customs, Cedarville (N.J.)--Social life and customs, Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation (Okla.), Philadelphia (Pa.) Social life and customs, Philadelphia (Pa.)--Religious life and customs, Scotland--Emigration and immigration, WaKeeney (Kan.)--Religious life and customs, and WaKeeney (Kan.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Auburn Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), First Presbyterian Church (Cedarville, N.J.), Hately family, Macfie, Mary Ann Atkinson Hately, 1840-, MacIntosh, Agnes Ledgerwood Hately Wilson, 1845-1931, Paul, Anne Edina Hately Wilson, 1876-1959, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Missions--Kansas, Wilson family, Wilson, James Kinnier, 1846-1879, and Wilson, S. A. Kinnier (Samuel Alexander Kinnier), 1878-1937
Subject (Topic):
Cheyenne Indians, Clergy--Kansas, Clergy--New Jersey, Home missions--Kansas, and Malaria--Kansas--WaKeeney
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 wi...
Subject (Name):
Isherwood, Richard.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives and English literature--20th century
Two fragments of two holograph letters concerning Lenin's view of the Turkish-Italian War and the role of wives in society.
Description:
Each fragment is bound with more complete photostats of the page from which the fragment was taken, and an English translation of the photostat letter.
Subject (Name):
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 and Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924--Relations with women
Subject (Topic):
Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912 and Wives--Conduct of life
Two fragments of two holograph letters concerning Lenin's view of the Turkish-Italian War and the role of wives in society.
Description:
Each fragment is bound with more complete photostats of the page from which the fragment was taken, and an English translation of the photostat letter.
Subject (Name):
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 and Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924--Relations with women
Subject (Topic):
Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912 and Wives--Conduct of life
Holographs, corrected typescripts and corrected clippings comprising Fedorov's unpublished poetry collections: "Lirika i poėmy," "Lirika i poėmy, part 2," 10 long poems, and "Sonnets." Also, Fedorov's Memoir of Vladimir Jabotinsky dated 1940 Aug 7, ...
BEIN Zc52 836tg: autograph letter, signed, from Asa Brigham, Washington, Republic of Texas, to Stephen Howe, Marlborough, Massachusetts ("My Dear Brother and Sister"), 1836 March 9, on verso.
Publisher:
Baker and Bordens,
Subject (Geographic):
Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836--Sources
Subject (Name):
Brigham, Asa,--approximately 1790-1844--Ownership and Texas (Provisional government, 1835)
The Publick register: or, The weekly magazine, &c.
Container / Volume:
Copy 2
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
A letter from a wife, who was sick at Bath, to her husband, A riddle, A song, Epigramma, Records of literature, To Chloe, To the author of Leonidas, and Upon seeing some verses wrote in circles, by Doctor Sheridan
Collection Created:
London, Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall: and sold by T. Cooper [etc., 1741]
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, cannibalis...
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
