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On trust for the nation / [Clough Williams-Ellis]
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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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295409 v.1-4
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Manuscripts
This journal covers the period from September 7, 1800 to July 4, 1801 concerning the West Indian convoy duty. The journal was kept on board the United States frigate "Boston" of 32 guns, under the command of Captain George Little, Esq. (50 pages)
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Microfilm of the autobiography of William Ellis Jones, covering his experiences from childhood through 1896. The first few frames contains notes for ditches for the West Field Canal Co. (appear to be part of Walter S. Tolton, MFILM 00056). The autobiography describes Jones's childhood and family history, his early interest in religion and conversion from Methodism to Mormonism, his arrival in Nauvoo, his experiences in Council Bluffs, his move to St. Joseph in 1855, living in Nebraska in 1856, traveling to Utah in 1861, living near Clover Canyon and Bear Canyon, living in Santa Clara and St. George, teaching school in Hebron and Santa Clara, a list of names of baptisms and endowments (1887), and genealogy notes.
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Correspondence of the various members of the Anderson family, particularly Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, as well as Richard Clough Anderson, Sr. and his sons Charles, Robert (1805-1871) (of Ft. Sumter fame), and Larz (1803-1878), a capitalist and a prominent citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. Also included correspondence of the Clark and Gwathmey families. Subject matter includes real estate transactions, legislation, and land speculation in Kentucky; Louisville and Kentucky politics; Ohio politics and government, especially during the Civil War; relations between Colombia and the U.S.; antislavery sentiment; the Civil War Correspondents include Richards Clough Anderson, Sr., Robert Anderson, Charles Anderson, Larz Anderson, John Jordan Crittenden and John Sherman.Correspondents include: Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (1750-1826) - 59 pieces Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) - 63 pieces Robert Anderson - 26 pieces Charles Anderson - 85 pieces Larz Anderson - 56 pieces John Jordan Crittenden -16 pieces John Sherman - 10 pieces John Quincy Adams letters to Richard Clough Anderson and documents - 1823 February 1 (AND 5); 1823 June 4 (AND 6); 1823 June 4 (AND 7); 1824 March 31 (AND 8); 1825 September 16 (AND 9); 1823 May 29 (AND 10) James Monroe letters to Richard Clough Anderson - 1820 March? (AND 1369); 1820 September 26 (AND 1370); 1822 December 18 (AND 1371); 1823 May 22 (AND 1372) James Monroe letter to the president of Colombia (contemporary copy), approximately 1823 (AND 1373) William Henry Harrison letter to Richard Clough Anderson, 1825 September 12 (AND 1081) Rutherford B. Hayes letters to Charles Anderson - 1863 November 6 (AND 1088); 1865 March 25 (AND 1089); 1865 July 12 (AND 1090); 1870 January 20 (AND 1091); 1870 April 14 (AND 1092)
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Letters from Joel B. Clough to his wife written between January 1863 and February 1864. The letters discuss operations of the Construction Corps in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; Adna Anderson, Herman Haupt, and other staff of the Military Railroads and Construction Corps; Aquia Creek, Potomac Creek, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria camps, battles and skirmishes, including Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Bristoe Campaigns, Joseph Hooker, George G. Meade, and other commanding officers of the Army of the Potomac; political news, especially the Democratic Party. Clough also mentions the visit of Lincoln, Halleck, and Stanton to Aquia Creek on April 18, 1863. Also included is a copy of a photograph of J.B. Clough taken in the 1870s, and ephemera.
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