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Agricultural organization in Illinois, 1870-1880
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Congressional Districts in the United States 13th to 17th Congresses Inclusive
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Gift of Dr. F. J. Turner, 1938, who scrawled his signature on the map. Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee are districted but not Illinois or Indiana. See verso notes. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Blueprint copy. Verso Text: HL sticker: 115779 MS notes: For Cong Directories since 1809 see check list of US Pub Docs 1789-1909 (Washgton, 1911) p 1616 s v printing - Jt. Com. Cong Directory and Poore, s.v. "Cong Directory".
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1870-1880
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A collection of 225 items from 1864 to 1897, which consists chiefly of letters to and from Swett's wife, Laura R. Swett, and son, Leonard Herbert Swett. The early letters have passing references to Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Swett's dealings in the cotton trade during the Civil War. The later letters describe Leonard Herbert Swett's participation in the U.S. Geological Survey of the Utah Plateau Region under Captain Clarence E. Dutton in 1880 and his later work for the XIT Ranch in 1886 during the formative period of Western Texas. Because the Swetts were also friends of General and Mrs. George A. Custer, passing references to them appear throughout the collection.
mssHM 50227-50449
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Planché, J.R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880. Letter to John Thwaites, 1815-1870
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A.L.S. (2 p.), London (Eng.). Note: addressed to "Sir and Gentlemen;" Sir John Thwaites and "…Members of the Metropolitan Board of Works Spring Gardens." A copy of the original letter; bottom portion of second page cur away, with no loss of text.
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Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881 letters to John Wesley Powell, 1837-1902, (1870-1880)
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Stern's correspondence and papers reflecting his work on the biography of Lewis Henry Morgan. Included are: Stern's correspondence, in particular with the Library of the University of Rochester where much of Morgan materials are deposited, University of Chicago Press, and Soviet scholars affiliated with the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography. Correspondents include Robert Heinrich Lowie, I. N. Vinnikov, M. O. Kosven, and others. There are also Stern's notes, drafts, lecture notes, and reviews of his book on Morgan
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Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880. 1 letter to J. R. (James Robinson) Planché, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1870], Feb. 1), London (Eng.)
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The majority of the collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, drawings and ephemera directly related to James Robinson Planché and his work in the theatre, antiquarian pursuits, and costume expertise. Among the authors and correspondents are: John Baldwin Buckstone, William E. Gladstone, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Leigh Hunt, Ellen Kean, Frances Maria Kelly,Charles Kemble, Albert Denison (Baron Londesborough), Rosina Bulwer Lytton (Baroness Lytton), William Charles Macready, Richard Brinsley Peake, Jane Porter, David Roberts, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Carl Maria von Weber. The other main part of the collection is material, including fragments and clipped signatures, which were collected for the autograph value only, and have no relation to Planché or his work. Among these authors and correspondents are: Adelaide, Queen consort of William IV, William Blanchard, Richard Daly, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, George III, Edwin Henry Landseer, Robert Peel, William Pitt, Lucia E.B. Vestris, and Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington). There is also a small group of letters written to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, mainly regarding Planché and his work and family. The ephemera consists of printed material, including printed play texts, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and printed musical scores.
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