Collection primarily of letters, and copies of letters, by John Sterling to members of the Fox family in the last four years before his death, mostly on social, philosophical, and religious subjects. The four letters in Sterling's hand are to Anna Ma...
Description:
John Sterling (1806-1844) was a writer, curate, and poet. Diagnosed with consumption, or tuberculosis, in his twenties, he resigned his position as curate of Hurstmonceaux and devoted himself to writing. His works include the historical novel Arthur...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Falmouth (England), and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Barclay, 1817-1855., Fox, Caroline, 1819-1871., Fox, Anna Maria., Fox family., Sterling, John, 1806-1844., and Sterling family.
Subject (Topic):
Bereavement, Death, Social aspects, English literature, Tuberculosis, Intellectual life, Religious life and customs, and Social life and customs
A letterpress copybook containing approximately 1000 letters from Hatton to authors, requesting contributions for periodicals which Hatton was editing, principally "Gentleman's Magazine", and concerning other business affairs
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Braddon, M. E. 1835-1915. (Mary Elizabeth),, Cheltnam, Charles Smith., Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879., Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873., Hatton, Joseph, 1841-1907., Hogg, James, 1830-1910., Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887., and Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870.
Four ALS (August 21 and November 22, 1903, May 24, 1904, and June 16, 1905), to "My dear Mr. [Joseph Henry] Gest," director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, and one ALS with envelope postmarked March 8, 1905, addressed to his friend and former painting t...
Description:
American artist, who, after being commissioned by the California philanthropist Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to paint Plains Indians and scenes of Indian life, lived with his wife Addie Byram Sharp from 1902 to 1910 at Crow Agency, Montana, and travelled and pa...
Subject (Geographic):
Crow Agency (Mont.) and Montana--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Crow Agency Hotel, Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919, Gest, Joseph Henry, Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1841-1919, Sharp, Addie Byram, Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953, Sherburne, J. D, and United States Bureau of Indian Affairs--Crow Agency
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States, Crow Indians--Social life and customs, Indians of North America--Montana--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Montana--Social life and customs, and Painting, American--Montana
The Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin is comprised of a typescript draft of Baldwin's Another Country (New York: Dial Pub., 1962) and correspondence sent from Baldwin to Mary Garin-Painter, David Adams Leeming, and Eugene Lerner dating from ...
Description:
Captions devised by cataloger. Letters dated using postage marks on accompanying envelopes.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations
Subject (Name):
Leeming, David Adams, 1937-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, African American authors--France--Paris., African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights--20th century., American literature--France--Paris., Americans--Turkey--Istanbul--Intellectual life., Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Turkey--Istanbul., Expatriate artists--France--Paris, and LGBTQ resource
The Walter O. Evans Collection of James Baldwin is comprised of a typescript draft of Baldwin's Another Country (New York: Dial Pub., 1962) and correspondence sent from Baldwin to Mary Garin-Painter, David Adams Leeming, and Eugene Lerner dating from ...
Description:
Purchased from Walter O. and Linda Evans on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2013.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations
Subject (Name):
Lerner, Eugene, 1901-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, African American authors--France--Paris., African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Civil rights--20th century., American literature--France--Paris., Americans--Turkey--Istanbul--Intellectual life., Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Turkey--Istanbul., Expatriate artists--France--Paris, and LGBTQ resource
Letter to "the Rt. Honble. Lady Hester Stanhope, near Zidon, on Mt. Lebanon" introducing "my friends, & fellow countrymen, Dr. Mott, Dr. Jackson, & Mr. Waring of New York, & Dudley M. Haydon Esq. of Kentuckey, who are about to leave this [city] for Al...
Subject (Name):
King, Jonas, 1792-1869--Correspondence and Stanhope, Hester Lucy,--Lady,--1776-1839
Thanks him for sending a copy of his book, Fifteen years among the Mormons, prior to publication and requests more information about the truthfulness and subsequent history of Mrs. Smith, the main character of the book.
Subject (Name):
Calkins, Norman A.--(Norman Allison),--1822-1895 --Correspondence, Green, Nelson Winch --Correspondence, and Smith, Mary Ettie V.,--b. 1829
Subject (Topic):
Fifteen years among the Mormons and Mormons--United States
Autograph letter, signed, March 4, 1847, by Zachary Taylor to Edward George Washington Butler that describes events leading to and including the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna. The letter also di...
Description:
Edward George Washington Butler (1800-1888), was the son of Edward Butler (1762-1803), and a ward of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). In 1826, Butler married Frances Parke Lewis (1797-1875). After graduating from the United States Military Academy, Butler ...
Subject (Name):
Butler, Edward George Washington, 1800-1888, Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880, Ford, Allyn Kellogg, 1878-1964--Ownership, Minnesota Historical Society Ownership, Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876, and Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847--Personal narratives, American, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns, and Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives, American
ALS from W.J. Chute to his friend Grimston, relating the news he had heard about his friend's travels through Europe with their friend C. Collyer and expressing the hopes that they might meet up in the near future and his eagerness to leave Angers; he...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Angers (France)
Subject (Name):
Chute, William, 1757-1824., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796.
Santa Clara Mining Association of Baltimore Wright, Robert Clinton
Published / Created:
1855 Oct
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1800 SA591
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
ALS in which Robert Clinton Wright, as President of the Santa Clara Mining Association of Baltimore, gives Faxon instructions on his duties and responsibilities as the newly appointed general superintendent of the Association's mercury mining and othe...
Description:
Purchased from Argonaut Book Shop on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969.
Subject (Name):
Faxon, Eben, Santa Clara Mining Association of Baltimore, and Wright, Robert Clinton
Subject (Topic):
Mercury industry and trade--California--Santa Clara County and Mercury mines and mining--California--Santa Clara County
Autograph letter, signed, from Private Timothy Z. Smith to "Sam", likely a friend from Smith's hometown. The letter relays general news of Smith's welfare and thoughts on his life as a soldier since volunteering for service five months earlier. Smith ...
Description:
Gift of Christa Sammons, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 and New Orleans (La.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Butler, Benjamin F (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878, Smith, Timothy Z, United States Army Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 31st (1862-1865) Company K, and United States Army--Military life
ALS containing a firsthand account of the battle of Brazito and the taking of El Paso by United States troops under the command of Colonel Alexander Doniphan, Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, Major William Gilpin, and Captains Hudson and Reid in December ...
Description:
Purchased from Frontier America on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1991.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Doniphan, Alexander William, Gilpin, William, 1815-1894, Hepburn, Samuel Chew, Martin, William, fl. 1847, and United States Army--Military life--History--19th century
Subject (Topic):
Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, and Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives
ALS written by Major George Henry Thomas while stationed at Fort Mason, Texas, with the 2nd Cavalry, to Adjutant General Colonel Samuel Cooper. Thomas briefly requests copies of several orders issued in 1856. Most of the letter concerns information ...
Description:
George Henry Thomas served as a United States Army general in the Civil War. In 1857 Major Thomas was stationed at Fort Mason, Texas, having previously served for a year at Fort Yuma, Arizona Territory.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Navigation and Fort Yuma (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876, Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870, and United States Army Cavalry, 2nd
