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Manuscripts
This passport was issued by the British Legation in Tokyo to F. M. English, a British citizen, so he could travel in Japan for three months. The document includes lists of rules for travelers.
mssHM 68471
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Approx. 20 items. File includes a range of memos, lists and announcements related to the establishment and use of the Times' executive dining room (a.k.a. Picasso Room). Some specific subjects are initial list of those eligible, subsequent expanded lists (1962-63), prices, rules related to use of the facility.
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Rare Books
Poster of instructions to the people of Tianjin ("Tientsin"), issued "by order of the Guard of American Troops in the South East Quarter, July 22, 1900." The Guard was under the command of L. W. T. Waller, Major of the U.S.M.C. The order lists the seven rules of conduct required of the residents of the US section of the foreign settlement of Tientsin (Tianjin). In Chinese with English translation. The Chinese text is highlighted in red. The order was issued shortly after the Battle of Tianjin on July 22, 1900.
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Transmitting orders of Charles III of Spain, regarding the expulsion of the Jesuits from all territories held by Spain. The document lists the laws issued by the king in reference to the expulsion of the Jesuits from January to June 1767 and adds additional provisions regarding the expulsion of the Jesuits from the territory of New Spain.
653656
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Bound volume containing the constitution and by-laws of the Ellsworth Zouave Cadets of San Francisco. The volume also contains a list of cadets and the minutes of meetings from 1864-1866.
mssHM 73666
Visual Materials
Three price lists: one (and its duplicate) for art reproductions by the George P. Brown & Co., Beverly, Massachusetts, ca. 1924. They are entitled Brown's Famous Pictures for February, March and April and Brown's Famous Bible Pictures. The former was issued as a double-sided single sheet; the latter as a 6-page price list. All three items were laid in a Brown & Co. Catalog, HEH RB #603406. The two single-sheet price lists are illustrated with a single row of images across each side of the leaf. Below the title and images reproduction cards are listed for sale and grouped by categories, for example: Washington Pictures, Dickens Pictures, Lincoln Picture; Thanksgiving and Christmas Pictures. Brown's Famous Bible Pictures is illustrated with a single image on the first page. This publisher's price list also groups images by category: 'The Life of Christ'; 'Old Testament Pictures'; 'Christmas Pictures'; 'Easter Pictures'; 'Madonnas'; 'Miniature Bible Pictures'. An ink stamp indicated a price change. "May 1924" is written in ms., in pencil, on the first page of this list.
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