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[Proclamation from the United States Marine Corps to the people of Tianjin, China, July 22, 1900]
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Rare Books
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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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Visual Materials
Likely compiled by a resident of the British Concession in Tianjin, China, the album features 180 mounted photographs of Tianjin, Chefoo (Yantai), Beijing, and other parts of northern China, dating from approximately the 1900s to 1910s. Among some of the identified photographs of Tianjin are views of various European concessions, the Clarence House Hotel, soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and memorials to the Boxer Uprising. Other views include scenes of Beijing, Diederichs's stone in Qingdao, the Great Wall of China, railway stations and tracks, Chinese funeral processions, and social and sporting events held by the Westerners. The photographs are of various sizes and include professional photographs as well as snapshots; there are no identifications or other writing in the album.
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Manuscripts
Recipient copies of two proclamations issued by Virginia Governor Francis Nicholson in July 1701. Nicholson’s proclamation on July 7, 1701, announces the launch of the proceedings of the Commission to settle the land claims in Pamunkey Neck and the south side of the Blackwater swamp, arising from the 1677 petitions of the Pamunkey Indians. The commission was to begin its work on the fourth Wednesday of July (July 20), and was expected to present its findings to the governor on August 6, 1701. On verso: proclamation of July 13, 1701, instructs the militia forces in all counties to arm themselves, in response to the intelligence of the French fleet under the command of Jean-Baptiste Ducasse heading to the Spanish West Indies. Paper seal affixed and signed by Francis Nicholson. With handwritten transcript.
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The detailed maritime diary of James Bradley from the time he joined the Ajax, a British 74-gun ship of the line commanded by Captain Robert Waller Otway, at Woolwich on 28 July 1809. The Ajax served chiefly in the Mediterranean during the following four years. Entries include records of daily sailings, orders given and received, ports visited and stations kept, the comings and goings of other ships in the fleet, descriptions of actions at sea, daily shipboard life, and visits by distinguished persons including the Pope, the Princess of Wales, and the King of Sardinia. Bradley records an encounter with the French fleet off Toulon in July 1810 and gives an extended account of the the disastrous British landings at Palamos in Catalonia, Spain, on 13 December 1810.
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A commercial photograph album published by T. Moriya, Yokohama, Japan, containing 50 hand-colored photographs of scenes in Beijing and Tianjin following the Boxer Uprising in China. The album has decorative lacquered covers and folds out accordion style, with commercially-made photographs mounted on both sides of the leaves. It was most likely created as a souvenir album for the international military forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance that took part in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. All photographs have printed captions in English in the negative, and most have handwritten descriptions in French below the photographs, indicating the previous owner may have been a French officer or soldier who took part in the crisis. Images include famous sites in Beijing and Tianjin, some of which are partly ruined; group portraits of international soldiers and marines; and three images of the execution (beheading) of Chinese Boxers. One photograph shows the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Victory in Tientsin, which burned down after the Allies' bombardment in 1900, accompanied by an extensive handwritten note in French in the margin.
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Manuscripts
A regimental journal kept by Obadiah Harris. The journal covers James Abercromby’s 1758 campaign, including the Battle of Ticonderoga (July 6, 1758) and its aftermath. In addition, there is also information on Fort Edward and Fort George between 1758 May 22 and October 23.
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Includes news releases of the Republican National Committee, letters, anti-Adlai Stevenson items, one copy of Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report (July 25, 1952), several pages from U.S. News & World Report (August 22, 1952), Nixon speeches, items issued by the Nixon for Vice President Headquarters, Many items cast Stevenson, Harry Truman and Dean Acheson in a bad light.
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