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.
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,