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Milton tercentenary : the portraits, prints, and writings of John Milton, exhibited at Christ's College, Cambridge, 1908
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Manuscripts
These are likely George Cole's personal notes about the Huntington collections, comprised of lists of a variety of holdings of the library, and acquisitions made by the Huntington between 1915 and 1924. It includes Cole's notes regarding variations within different printings of various texts (for example, differences in two copies of Bacon's "Wisdom of the Ancients" both from the same year, with different typeset), as well as listings of famous first editions, incunabula, Shakespeare quartos, and historical papers in the Huntington collection; lists of holdings in other libraries; lists of items sent to galleries, exhibits, or for exchange or sale; physical descriptions and comparisons of texts; biographical histories of certain authors; and lists of things not in the Huntington's collection. Additionally, it also includes some material on bibliography, and a cataloging guide from 1920 of HEHL cataloging practice. Most of the material is undated.
HIA 30.1
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Visual Materials
A black-and-white view print lithographed by Ferdinand Mayer advertising John Newman & Co.'s wheelbarrow factory at Milton in Ulster County, New York. View features an image of a wheelbarrow factory surrounded by an industrial waterfront with horse-drawn wagons, small buildings, and men manufacturing materials. The factory is in the center of the Hudson Bay surrounded by a cargo boat and paddle steamer in front, with hilly landscape and trees in the background. Upper left of the image includes text that reads, "United States wheel barrow factory. John Newman & Co. Manufacturers of wheelbarrows of every description. Situated on the Hudson, 70 miles from New York. Milton, Ulster Co. N.Y. John Newman, John H. Newman, S.O.F. Colman." Lower right of image is signed by the printer, "Ferd. Mayer. Gnl Lith. 96 & 98 Fulton St. N.Y." The view was removed from Frederick W. Beers's County Atlas of Ulster, New York, printed in 1875.
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Manuscripts
Letter is a response to numerous letters sent by Byington, the former was District Attorney of San Francisco, who asked that Docia Nolan, a woman convicted of robbery be pardoned since one Henry Milton made a confession exonerating her and Michael Dolan for any participation of the crime. Governor Pardee requests Byington's opinion on the guilt of Docia Nolan and further requests that he send a resume of the evidence upon which she was convicted. Letter is signed in manuscript on Executive Department, State of California, Sacramento letterhead. Enclosed with the letter is a 2 page typewritten copy of Henry Milton's confession.
mssHM 29254
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Manuscripts
Microfilm of miscellaneous manuscripts and letters related to John Milton Bernhisel. The reel contains an autobiography of Bernhisel by an unknown author; a variety of letters and certificates primarily addressed to Bernhisel, including on his appointment as President of the Board of Examination Doctors (1864), his election as a delegate to Congress (1851), his certificates of election as delegate (1853, 1855, 1861), recommendations of appointment for "several officers sent the President" (1850), a recommendation for appointment of governor, secretary, and chief justice of territory (1850), a letter concerning room in the council house for federal offices (1847), a copy of a letter to the President concerning appointment of office for Utah (1850), a letter concerning pay for the territorial secretary (1855), a letters concerning an advance to Marshall Heywood for costs of the Territorial Commission (1854), a letter concerning the cost account of the Territorial Library (1855), a letter "concerning bids for and gifts to the Utah Library of Book, etc." (1850), a letter concerning the erection of the capitol building, probably at Fillmore, Utah (1854), a letter concerning the building of the Utah Penitentiary (1859), a letter concerning the military road from Bridger's Pass to Salt Lake City (1859), a protest against the Cullen Bill concerning polygamy (1870), a letter concerning pay for Dr. Bernhisel as territorial agent by Stephan A. Douglas (1850), newspaper clippings and a letter from Brigham Young (1850), a letter concerning the use of camels for transporting army stores (1852), a letter concerning the use of camels in the west (1852), a printed Appellant's Statement of the Case and Argument in Bernhisel vs. Daniel R. Firman (1874), a letter from Millard Fillmore and some assorted calling cards (1853), a printed obituary for Bernhisel (1881), 5 letters from Bernhisel to his wife Elizabeth (1862), a letter to Brigham Young (1850), an unsigned letter regarding property in Alabama (1825), a speech at a family reunion in Lewiston, Utah (undated), and the text of "Dr. John Milton Bernhisel: Utah's First Delegate to the National Congress," a paper read at the Genealogical Society of Utah by David M. Bernhisel (1912).
MSS MFilm 00360