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3.
----, Mabel

Published / Created:
1950 Jan 27
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 69
Collection Title:
Myron Brinig papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters to George Ellsworth, accompanied by a letter from Noel S. about Brinig's No Marriage in Paradise, two book jackets, a promotional piece for Singermann, and photographs of Ellsworth and of Brinig. Brinig's letters, most written from New York City, are detailed accounts of the life of a gay man in New York. Brinig writes of parties, friends, plays and movies he's seen, and of his attempts to get his work published. People mentioned in his letters include Eric Ambler, Erskine Caldwell, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Lynn Riggs, Cady Wells, and Tennessee Williams.
Description:
Gift of Robert MacLeod, 1994. and Myron Brinig, American novelist, was born in Minneapolis on December 22, 1896. He grew up in Butte, Montana and many of his most noted works, including Singermann (1929), Wide Open Town (1931), and The Sisters (1937), were set in Montana. As an adult, Brinig lived in Taos, New Mexico and in New York City. He died in New York on May 13, 1991.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Brinig, Myron, 1897-1991 and Ellsworth, George
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century--Archives and Gay men--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ----, Mabel

4.
... Lettere a Marinetti in Africa. Con prefazione, risposte, autografi et fotografia del poeta

Creator:
Cangiullo, Francesco, 1888-1977
Published / Created:
[1940]
Call Number:
Marinetti C162L
Image Count:
50
Description:
BEIN: Original wrappers. and At head of title: Cangiullo.
Publisher:
Pironti
Subject (Name):
Cangiullo, Francesco, 1888-1977 and Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ... Lettere a Marinetti in Africa. Con prefazione, risposte, autografi et fotografia del poeta soldato

5.
1 ALS to Messenger Monsey and 1 AL to Thomas Percy, 1762 Sep 11, and 1774 [no month] 17.

Creator:
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800.
Published / Created:
1762 Sep 11 and 1774
Call Number:
Osborn c405
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript, in several hands, containing two letters written by Elizabeth Montagu. The first letter, signed by Montagu and addressed "To Doctor Monsey," admonishes the recipient's attachment to "Miss B," warning him, "Do not sadden your retirement & embitter your life by hopeless love." She describes the recent marriage of her elderly brewer to "a jolly lass of 25," urges him to visit, and asks him in a postcript to get her a "bottle of eye water." The second letter, written in another hand and addressed to "The Revd. Dr. Percy," apologizes for Mrs. Montagu's illness and subsequent absence "when he did her the favour to call," and requests him to call again and "bring certain manuscripts in his pocket." The volume also includes an engraving of Elizabeth Montagu.
Description:
Binding: cloth covered boards; blue morocco spine. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
Montagu,--Mrs.--(Elizabeth),--1720-1800. and Percy, Thomas,--1729-1811.
Subject (Topic):
Letters and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1 ALS to Messenger Monsey and 1 AL to Thomas Percy, 1762 Sep 11, and 1774 [no month] 17.

6.
1853, n.d.

Creator:
Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:
1853, n.d.
Call Number:
WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:
William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:
25
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
Description:
The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):
Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1853, n.d.

7.
1879 Nov 6

Published / Created:
1879 Nov 6
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3393
Collection Title:
Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
6
Abstract:
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
Description:
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1879 Nov 6

8.
1881 Aug 14

Published / Created:
1881 Aug 14
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3393
Collection Title:
Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
Description:
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 Aug 14

9.
1881 Feb 20

Published / Created:
1881 Feb 20
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3393
Collection Title:
Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
Description:
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 Feb 20

10.
1881 July 30

Published / Created:
1881 July 30
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3393
Collection Title:
Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
Description:
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 July 30

11.
1881 Nov 13

Published / Created:
1881 Nov 13
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3393
Collection Title:
Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 6
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
Description:
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
Subject (Geographic):
Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 Nov 13

12.
2 LS to the Adjutant General of the Army, Washington DC. xerox copy

Published / Created:
1845 July 20 and 1845 September 20
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 32
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 2 LS to the Adjutant General of the Army, Washington DC. xerox copy

18.
23 autograph letters signed and 2 autograph postcards signed from Alice B. Toklas to Haas, with

Creator:
Toklas, Alice B., 1877-1967
Published / Created:
1946-1955
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 833
Collection Title:
Robert Bartlett Haas collection on Gertrude Stein and the Conference Press
Container / Volume:
Box 3
Image Count:
80
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic):
Authors and publishers--United States and Authors--United States--20th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 23 autograph letters signed and 2 autograph postcards signed from Alice B. Toklas to Haas, with original envelopes

19.
3 letters from Heiden to Codrington; Letter from Heiden to Lady Codrington

Creator:
Heiden, Louis, Count
Published / Created:
1829-30
Call Number:
OSB MSS 83
Collection Title:
Count Louis Heiden letters to Admiral Codrington
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 9
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):
Codrington, Edward, Sir, 1770-1851
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 3 letters from Heiden to Codrington; Letter from Heiden to Lady Codrington

20.
31 LS, 16 DS, etc. xerox copy

Published / Created:
1846-1849
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | 54-56
Image Count:
196
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 31 LS, 16 DS, etc. xerox copy

22.
4 AL and 2 ALS from ED to Mrs. [James S.] Cooper

Creator:
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Published / Created:
[ca. 1877-85]
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 200
Collection Title:
Emily Dickinson collection
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Description:
Autograph letter, signed.
Subject (Name):
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Correspondence
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American --19th century --Archives
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 4 AL and 2 ALS from ED to Mrs. [James S.] Cooper

23.
A Montreal ce 3 Juillet 1757

Published / Created:
1757 July 3
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 352
Collection Title:
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville letters and report on the French and Indian War, 1756-1757
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Describes Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's voyage to Canada, the situation at Montreal, plans for an expedition southward, his relationship to Montcalm, and news of the war.
Description:
In pencil on [p. 1]: [erased notations].
Subject (Geographic):
Canada --History --1755-1763, Five Nations, and United States --History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Subject (Name):
Bougainville, Jean-Pierre de, 1722-1763 and Montcalm de Saint-Veran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Montreal ce 3 Juillet 1757

24.
A Montreal ce 4 Juin 1756

Published / Created:
1756 June 4
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 352
Collection Title:
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville letters and report on the French and Indian War, 1756-1757
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Describes Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's voyage to Canada, the situation at Montreal, plans for an expedition southward, his relationship to Montcalm, and news of the war.
Description:
In colored pencil on [p. 1]: 9. and In pencil on [p. 1]: Let 3.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada --History --1755-1763, Five Nations, and United States --History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Subject (Name):
Bougainville, Jean-Pierre de, 1722-1763 and Montcalm de Saint-Veran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Montreal ce 4 Juin 1756

25.
A concise view of Oregon Territory, its colonial and Indian relations; compiled from official

Creator:
White, Elijah, 1806-1879
Published / Created:
1846
Call Number:
Zc74 846wi
Image Count:
42
Alternative Title:
American settlement of Oregon (continued)
Publisher:
T. Barnard, Printer
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Oregon --Description and travel, and Oregon --History --To 1859
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America --Oregon and Law --Oregon
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A concise view of Oregon Territory, its colonial and Indian relations; compiled from official letters and reports, together with the organic laws of the colony, by Elijah White ...

26.
A letter to the President of the United States, touching the prosecutions, under his patronage

Creator:
Hampden.
Published / Created:
1808.
Call Number:
Kingsley Misc. Pamphlets 17
Image Count:
28
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Hampden is a pseudonym. Attributed to David Daggett or Noah Webster. Cf. Gaines., No. 3 of 14 works bound together., and Prosecutions of Azel Backus and others for libel.
Publisher:
Printed by Oliver Steele and Co.,
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Politics and government--1801-1809.
Subject (Name):
Backus, Azel,--1765-1817., Backus, Azel,--1765-1817--Trials, litigation, etc., Daggett, David, 1764-1851., Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826., Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826., United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit), and Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
Subject (Topic):
Amer tracts--1808. and Trials (Seditious libel)--Connecticut.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A letter to the President of the United States, touching the prosecutions, under his patronage, before the Circuit Court in the District of Connecticut : containing a faithful narrative of the extraordinary measures pursued, and of the incidents both serious and laughable, that occurred, during the pendency of these abortive prosecutions / by Hampden.

27.
A letter written during the Civil War, in which many St. Louis people are mentioned / [Jas. O

Creator:
Churchill, James O
Published / Created:
1909
Call Number:
Zc26 909ch
Image Count:
14
Alternative Title:
War papers and personal reminiscences and Wounded at Fort Donelson
Description:
Caption title on p. 3: Wounded at Fort Donelson. By Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jas. O. Churchill. and Running title: War papers and personal reminiscences.
Publisher:
The Writer
Subject (Geographic):
United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Personal narratives
Subject (Topic):
Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A letter written during the Civil War, in which many St. Louis people are mentioned / [Jas. O. Churchill]

28.
A poste with a packet of mad leters

Creator:
Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
Published / Created:
1660
Call Number:
Ig B756 602p
Image Count:
50
Description:
Imperfect: some leaves bled., In two parts, [pt. 2] with special t.p. (p. [45]) identical with the general t.p., except for different title-woodcut., and Tomlins’ advertisement: p. [93].
Publisher:
Printed for Richard Tomlins at the Sun and Bible near Pie-corner
Subject (Topic):
English letters and Imaginary letters --Early works to 1800
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A poste with a packet of mad leters

29.
A series of genuine letters between Henry and Frances.

Creator:
Griffith, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720?-1793
Griffith, Richard, d. 1788
Published / Created:
1760 (? or ; and 1761?)]
Call Number:
Im G874 757B
Image Count:
30
Alternative Title:
Genuine letters between Henry and Frances, Genuines letters between Henry and Frances., and Series of letters between Henry and Frances
Description:
Both the Dublin, 1760, and the London, 1761, editions consisted of the same sheets--cf. The Book collector, VIII (1959), p. 420. and Imperfect: v. 2 wanting. Volume 1 is missing all the pages (signatures A6a-d6) that appeared before p. 1 (signature B1), and p
Publisher:
Printed by S. Powell, in Crane-Lane, for the authors, and Printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate Street,
Subject (Name):
Griffith,--Mrs.--(Elizabeth),--1720?-1793--Ms. notes
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A series of genuine letters between Henry and Frances.

31.
A-C general

Published / Created:
1930-1943, undated
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 578
Collection Title:
Marsden Hartley collection
Container / Volume:
Box 11
Image Count:
51
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic):
Modernism (Art) and Painters--United States--20th Century--Archives
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A-C general

32.
AL to George Gordon

Creator:
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Published / Created:
1927 Aug 3
Call Number:
OSB MSS 18
Collection Title:
Wilkinson papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 11
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford--Intellectual life and Wilkinson, Cyril Hackett, 1888-1960
Subject (Topic):
Learning and scholarship--Great Britain and Scholars--Great Britain
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > AL to George Gordon

33.
ALS from ED to Emily [Fowler Ford]

Creator:
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Published / Created:
[1853 Nov 23?]
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 200
Collection Title:
Emily Dickinson collection
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 11
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Description:
Autograph letter, signed.
Subject (Name):
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Correspondence
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American --19th century --Archives
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS from ED to Emily [Fowler Ford]

34.
ALS from ED to [Elizabeth Dickinson Currier]

Creator:
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Published / Created:
[1886 Apr 17]
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 200
Collection Title:
Emily Dickinson collection
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 9
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Correspondence
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--19th century--Archives
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS from ED to [Elizabeth Dickinson Currier]

35.
ALS to Dorothy Longden

Creator:
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891
Published / Created:
1857 Dec 22
Call Number:
GEN MSS 119
Collection Title:
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon collection
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Also included is a sketchbook of sketches by Bodichon in pencil, pen and ink and watercolor which she made during a tour of Louisiana. and Collection consists of a diary, in the form of letters written to Bodichon's father, Benjamin Leigh Smith. These letters cover the period 6 Dec 1857 to 11 Jun 1858, and describe in detail the tour of America made by Barbara Bodichon and her husband Eugène Bodichon. Their itinerary included the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Savannah, Wilmington, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and parts of Canada. In her letters Bodichon discusses the condition and education of slaves and the rights of freed slaves; women's rights in America, and other aspects of life, conditions, and customs. Also described are visits to Lucretia Mott and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In addition to Bodichon's letters to her father, the collection contains her letters from the same time period to Joseph Gratton, Dorothy Longden, and Isabella Leigh Smith Ludlow, and a letter from Eugène Bodichon to Benjamin Smith which he enclosed with his wife's letter to her father of 1858 May 27.
Description:
Letters purchased on the Library Associates Fund, 1954. Sketchbook purchased on the Tinker Fund, 1975.
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States--Description and travel, United States--Description and travel, and United States--Social life and customs--1848-1895
Subject (Name):
Longden, Dorothy
Subject (Topic):
Slaves--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Dorothy Longden

36.
ALS to Dr. Charles Burney, 1796 Jul 18.

Creator:
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
Published / Created:
1796 July 18
Call Number:
Osborn c596
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Autograph letter to his son detailing his approval of and pleasure in Fanny Burney's novel Camilla. Burney judges it to contain "better writing & deeper thinking than in either of her former novels" and praises it as "the best & most impressive system of female education I have ever seen." Also discusses a variety of Classical topics and sends family news.
Description:
Accompanied by: typed description on the stationery of James F. Drake, Inc. and Binding: 20th century full yellow morocco, gilt-stamped; watered yellow silk endpapers; cloth slipcase.
Subject (Name):
Burney family., Burney, Charles,--1757-1817., and Burney, Fanny,--1752-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Women authors, English--18th century. and Women--Intellectual life.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Dr. Charles Burney, 1796 Jul 18.

37.
ALS to Frances Cornford, Berlin, [August 1914?]

Creator:
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915
Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960
Published / Created:
[1914 August?]
Call Number:
OSB MSS 149
Collection Title:
Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 74
Image Count:
2
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2008.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936 and Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century
Subject (Name):
Brooke, Rupert,--1887-1915--Friends and associates and Brooke, Rupert,--1887-1915--Relations with women
Subject (Topic):
Poets, English--20th century, Poets, Georgian, and World War, 1914-1918--Correspondence
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Frances Cornford, Berlin, [August 1914?]

38.
ALS to Frances Cornford, [August 1914?]

Creator:
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915
Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960
Published / Created:
[1914 August?]
Call Number:
OSB MSS 149
Collection Title:
Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 75
Image Count:
2
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2008.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936 and Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century
Subject (Name):
Brooke, Rupert,--1887-1915--Friends and associates and Brooke, Rupert,--1887-1915--Relations with women
Subject (Topic):
Poets, English--20th century, Poets, Georgian, and World War, 1914-1918--Correspondence
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Frances Cornford, [August 1914?]

39.
ALS to Frances Cornford, [September 1914?]

Creator:
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915
Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960
Published / Created:
[1914 September?]
Call Number:
OSB MSS 149
Collection Title:
Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 76
Image Count:
2
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2008.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936 and Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century
Subject (Name):
Brooke, Rupert,--1887-1915--Friends and associates and Brooke, Rupert,--1887-1915--Relations with women
Subject (Topic):
Poets, English--20th century, Poets, Georgian, and World War, 1914-1918--Correspondence
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Frances Cornford, [September 1914?]

41.
ALS to Genl. J.E. Wool, U.S.A. Comdt. at Saltillo, Camp near Monterey. xerox copy

Published / Created:
1847 May 16
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 43
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Genl. J.E. Wool, U.S.A. Comdt. at Saltillo, Camp near Monterey. xerox copy

42.
ALS to Genl. R. Jones, Adjt Genl. U.S.A., Washington City, D.C. xerox copy

Published / Created:
1846 January 4
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 37
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Jones, Roger, 1789-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Genl. R. Jones, Adjt Genl. U.S.A., Washington City, D.C. xerox copy

44.
ALS to Isabella Leigh Smith Ludlow

Creator:
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891
Published / Created:
1858 May 20/22
Call Number:
GEN MSS 119
Collection Title:
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon collection
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Also included is a sketchbook of sketches by Bodichon in pencil, pen and ink and watercolor which she made during a tour of Louisiana. and Collection consists of a diary, in the form of letters written to Bodichon's father, Benjamin Leigh Smith. These letters cover the period 6 Dec 1857 to 11 Jun 1858, and describe in detail the tour of America made by Barbara Bodichon and her husband Eugène Bodichon. Their itinerary included the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Savannah, Wilmington, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and parts of Canada. In her letters Bodichon discusses the condition and education of slaves and the rights of freed slaves; women's rights in America, and other aspects of life, conditions, and customs. Also described are visits to Lucretia Mott and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In addition to Bodichon's letters to her father, the collection contains her letters from the same time period to Joseph Gratton, Dorothy Longden, and Isabella Leigh Smith Ludlow, and a letter from Eugène Bodichon to Benjamin Smith which he enclosed with his wife's letter to her father of 1858 May 27.
Description:
Letters purchased on the Library Associates Fund, 1954. Sketchbook purchased on the Tinker Fund, 1975.
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States--Description and travel, United States--Description and travel, and United States--Social life and customs--1848-1895
Subject (Name):
Ludlow, Isabella Leigh Smith
Subject (Topic):
Slaves--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Isabella Leigh Smith Ludlow

45.
ALS to Joseph Gratton

Creator:
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891
Published / Created:
1857 Dec 21
Call Number:
GEN MSS 119
Collection Title:
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon collection
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Also included is a sketchbook of sketches by Bodichon in pencil, pen and ink and watercolor which she made during a tour of Louisiana. and Collection consists of a diary, in the form of letters written to Bodichon's father, Benjamin Leigh Smith. These letters cover the period 6 Dec 1857 to 11 Jun 1858, and describe in detail the tour of America made by Barbara Bodichon and her husband Eugène Bodichon. Their itinerary included the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Savannah, Wilmington, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and parts of Canada. In her letters Bodichon discusses the condition and education of slaves and the rights of freed slaves; women's rights in America, and other aspects of life, conditions, and customs. Also described are visits to Lucretia Mott and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In addition to Bodichon's letters to her father, the collection contains her letters from the same time period to Joseph Gratton, Dorothy Longden, and Isabella Leigh Smith Ludlow, and a letter from Eugène Bodichon to Benjamin Smith which he enclosed with his wife's letter to her father of 1858 May 27.
Description:
Letters purchased on the Library Associates Fund, 1954. Sketchbook purchased on the Tinker Fund, 1975.
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States--Description and travel, United States--Description and travel, and United States--Social life and customs--1848-1895
Subject (Name):
Gratton, Joseph
Subject (Topic):
Slaves--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Joseph Gratton

46.
ALS to Judge Thomas Butler [description of battle of Buena Vista]. xerox copy

Published / Created:
1847 March 8
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 41
Image Count:
37
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Butler, Thomas, active 1847.
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847--Personal narratives, American, Politicians--United States, and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Judge Thomas Butler [description of battle of Buena Vista]. xerox copy

48.
ALS to Surgn. R.C. Wood, U.S. Army, Fort Polk, Texas. xerox copy

Published / Created:
1846 November 10
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 39
Image Count:
19
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Surgn. R.C. Wood, U.S. Army, Fort Polk, Texas. xerox copy

49.
ALS to Thomas Ringgold (re his plantation in Louisiana). xerox copy

Published / Created:
1846 February 23
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 38
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Ringgold, Thomas W
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Thomas Ringgold (re his plantation in Louisiana). xerox copy

50.
ALS to Thomas W. Ringgold. xerox copy

Published / Created:
1845 September 15
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2955
Collection Title:
Zachary Taylor letters
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 34
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Box 1 contains the letters and broadside. Box 2 contains preservation photocopies made by the library. and Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jefferson Davis; James K. Polk; Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the United States Army; and Thomas Sidney Jessup. Also included is an autograph letter, signed, to Judge Thomas Butler of Louisiana regarding Taylor's reflections on the Battle of Buena Vista against Mexican forces commanded by Antonio López de Santa Anna, 1847 March 6, and letters describing Taylor's travels to his family members, including his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge and his brother, Hancock Taylor. The papers also include a printed broadside proclamation, signed by Taylor, beginning "Proclamacion por el general comandante del Exercito de los Estados Unidos de America a la nacion Mejicana" and regarding the Mexican War, circa 1846.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960-1971. Purchased from Morrill on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1, 1963 and from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1969. Source information is recorded on the folders. and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Ringgold, Thomas W
Subject (Topic):
Politicians--United States and Soldiers--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Thomas W. Ringgold. xerox copy

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