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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Jemmy And Nancy
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
The four stories include Jemmy String, the story of what happens to a boy who never ties his shoes, and three shorter stories about animals.
664736
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Manuscripts
A collection of the personal and professional papers of Edward Davis Townsend. Included in the collection are official and private correspondence, chiefly letters addressed to him, military records, journals, memoirs, and a few photographs. Two journals cover the 2nd Seminole War from 1837 to 1838, and his service in California from 1851 to 1856. The latter was incorporated into a memoir entitled "A Trip to California;" both accounts are accompanied by pencil sketches. An unfinished memoir covers Townsend's life and career until the beginning of the Mexican War. The collection also contains a group of personal and political correspondence of Elbridge Gerry, including pieces related to his diplomatic and political career from 1772 to 1814, and the correspondence of Ann Thompson Gerry and Eliza Gerry Townsend. Also included are a copy of Samuel Auchmuty's 1761 sermon on 1 John 5:7, and contemporary copies of Jefferson Davis's letters to his wife Varina Howell Davis from 1861 to 1865. The collection also includes a spool of thread with a hidden note in it, 1861 February 10, and a cotton ball from the steamer Emma, which was loaded with cotton when its crew burned it at Fort Pulaski on August 31, 1862, to prevent its capture by the Union forces under the command of William B. Barton.
mssHM 41682
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ESTC R3281 ; Verse - "Old Jemmy is a lad" ; A satire on James, Duke of York, as successor to Charles II
135852
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Manuscripts
L.S. (typewritten: 1p.); 28cm. With an autograph note by Charmian London. Also: autograph note by I. Milo Shepard on a post-it.
JL 25284
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ESTC R26419 ; A ballad on James Scott, Duke of Monmouth;Verse - "Young Jemmy is a lad";Cf. Wing Y102 which has imprint date 1981
135861