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The Indian side of the Whitman Massacre

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Description: "This booklet is fiction, On these pages the author attempts to present the Cayuse Indians position in the late autumn of 1847. Here is a described a fictional interview between a Cayuse Indian, Tiloukaikt, and his imaginary white trapper friend."--T.p. verso.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1985]
Call number: 645501
Creator: Jessett, Thomas E (1902-1982)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0877703744; 9780877703747
Provenance: Gift of Randy Young, May 2015. From the library of Betty Lou Young with her illustrated bookplate.

Cipher for Telegraphic Correspondence; arranged expressly for Military Operations, and for important Government despatches [Cipher Book #9]

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8 pages; 16 x 9 cm. On fly leaf is written: C. F. Gross. On the t.p. verso is a list of cipher holders. At bottom of the Explanation page is written: C. F. Gross.

EC 67

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Reminiscences of California : an autograph manuscript

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Welsh wrote reminiscences of his journey to, and life in California in the 1880s and 90s. There is particular emphasis on citrus orchard management and labor in Southern California and a cattle drive or autumn round-up from the Rancho Los Cerritos. Also included are descriptions of cities and towns in Southern California encompassing people, geology, climate, flora and fauna. Excursions in and around Southern California are well described including trips to Long Beach, Santa Monica, Catalina Island and Death Valley.

mssHM 16371

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Questions of measuring, calculation and a weather rope

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The volume is a compendium on measuring and calculation, with a final section on a "weather rope;" this is a type of hygrometer, whose use is apparently not described in Britain in other sources, which was first described by Santorio in 1612. The volume is bound with thread in paper covers; with some damage and staining to covers. Facing title page is written: "Thomas Turner / huius libri possesor / est : Anno Domini 1701."

mssHM 83315

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White casket

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"In 'White Casket,' Japanese artist Miwa Yanagi has created a bizarre fantasy world inhabited by department store 'elevator girls.' In upscale Japanese department stores, the elevator girl performs the role of a hostess, directing customers to their destinations while lending an aura of elegance to the shopping experience. The position of elevator girl is a highly prized one; those holding this position are selected by management, and are expected to exude youth, innocence and beauty. In White Casket--the collective title for the work as presented here--Yanagi takes advantage of digital technology to create virtual spaces composed of elements from several different locations, creating elaborate settings in which the elevator girls live as 'prisoners in paradise'"--Publisher's description.

653298

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Novißima et accuratißima Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae in suos Palatinatus et Castellanias divisae Delineatio cura et impensis Matthaei Seutteri. S. Caes. et Reg. Cathol. Majest. Geogr. at Chalcographi Augustani

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"Cum Gratia et Priv. S. R. I. Vicariatus, in partibus Rheni Sveviae, et Juris Franconici." Seutter is described here as "S. Caes. et Reg. Cathol. Majest. Geogr." - he was names Imperial Geographer by Karl VI in 1731, so map date comes after the title was bestowed and before his death. Map was removed from a bound volume, possibly one of the atlases Seutter published. Prime meridian: Ferro?. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Cipher for Telegraphic Correspondence; arranged expressly for Military Operations, and for important Government despatches [Cipher Book #2]

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30 pages; 15 x 9 cm. Laid in the front cover is a list of cipher holders for no.1 and no. 5 in Division of the Gulf on yellow carbon paper sheet dated 1866, May 7; also a receipt for No. 12 and No. 5 ciphers on telegraph paper, signed T.R. Boyle, July 13, 1866. A list of cipher holder on t.p. verso. Four pages (numbered 27-30) bound in between p. 11 and 12, four blue unnumbered pages bound in between p. 25 and 26.

EC 47

The Indian side of the Whitman Massacre

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