"Whereas severall merchants have petitioned for a squadron of ffrigatts to be sent toward the northern Cape & Coast of Biscay for the security of trade..." Signed, "Oliver P."
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Letter signed to the Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy. Whitehall, 1658 Mar 27.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Commerce--Portugal and Great Britain--Foreign relations--Spain
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Admiralty and Great Britain.--Royal Navy
Mimeographed manuscript Christmas "circular" letter written from the Immanuel Mission on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation, with an appended original manuscript note to "Aunt Row." The circular letter describes the receipt of presents sent by friends for the Kiowa mission members, the cutting and decorating of the Christmas tree, and the dissemination of the gifts at a mission Christmas celebration. In her note to Aunt Row, Reeside thanks her for a gift and discusses her recent holiday activities at Elk Creek and her plans to vacation in Mexico and California. The note is signed Am-day-co.
Description:
Baptist missionary who as a young woman went to the Elk Creek Baptist Mission near present-day Hobart, Oklahoma, on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation in 1892.
Subject (Name):
Elk Creek Mission, Immanuel Mission, and Reeside, Maryetta J
Subject (Topic):
Baptists--Missions--Oklahoma, Indian reservations--Oklahoma, Indians of North America--Oklahoma, Kiowa Indians--Missions, Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma, Missionaries--Oklahoma, Missions--Oklahoma, and Women--West (U.S.)
ALS written by William Blackmore to his sister Blanche Blackmore while travelling to Duluth, Minnesota on board the steamboat Metropolis. The letter describes Blackmore's impressions of the Apostle Island region of Lake Superior and gives an account of his recent experiences in the Middle West, including travel by train as a guest of stockholders and directors of iron mines visiting mines in the Lake Superior region; impressions of Chicago and news received there regarding the Hayden Expedition; and a visit to a lumber mill on Lake Michigan. Blackmore also briefly discusses his plans to continue travel to Sidney, Nebraska, and Denver, Colorado.
Alternative Title:
[Letter: William Blackmore to Blanche Blackmore]
Description:
William Blackmore was a London businessman and an authority on American Indians of the Plains.
Subject (Geographic):
Chicago (Ill.)--Description and travel and Great Lakes Region (North America)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Blackmore, Blanche, Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), and Metropolis (Steamboat)
Subject (Topic):
Iron mines and mining--Superior, Lake and Lumber trade--Middle West
Autograph letter signed written in response to recipient's request for information regarding the whereabouts of family member Christopher. Hill describes his partnership in a land claim with "Chris" on farmland in Red Wing, Minnesota, between November 1855 and September 1856, and Chris's relocation to Superior, Wisconsin, where he was hired as a member of the surveying party of the northern section of the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad. Hill briefly describes his own position as a clerk and draftsman; his unmarried status; and his agreement with the recipient that a visit to the West would be interesting to him. Hill provides Chris's address in a postscript. The letterhead contains a printed woodcut view of "St. Anthony, Minnesota, [now part of Minneapolis] on the Mississippi."
Description:
St. Paul, Minnesota resident; surveyor and draftsman.
Subject (Geographic):
Red Wing (Minn.)--Description and travel, Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. : 1855-1872)--Pictorial works, and Saint Paul (Minn.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hill, A. J.--(Alfred James),--1823-1895, Hotten, John, and St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad
The letter to the Attorney General in Washington describes the situation of gentile federal officials under a Mormon governor and their inability to enforce the laws of the United States.
Description:
William W. Drummond, associate judge, Utah Territory, 1854-57.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah--Politics and government
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Caleb,--1800-1879, Drummond, William W, and United States.--Attorney-General