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China under the empress dowager : being the history of the life and times of Tzŭ hsi
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Under which king, Bezonian?: short story
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In this short story, Snow writes about a law student at Cambridge, named "Eliot," who is asked by a Professor Gay to help bring suit against the University of Cambridge. The short story is typewritten and signed by C. P. Snow.
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Albert Franklin Sawyer letter to James A. Tufts
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Dr. Sawyer writes to Professor Tufts that his son Albert, having failed the exams at Harvard, will soon arrive with his sister at Exeter. Dr. Sawyer hopes his sister will remain until Albert is "settled in his work," and is "anxious to have my son conform rigidly to the discipline of the Academy." He would have come himself, but urgent business has made it impossible for him to leave San Francisco. It is his hope that Professor Tufts can provide assistance, for Dr. Sawyer's hope is that his son can eventually attend Harvard, as it is his own alma mater. However, Dr. Sawyer describes his son as "extremely slovenly in his habits of study."
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Petition to Marquis de Villagarcía, Viceroy of Peru
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Two-page request written by Luis Godin (1704-1760) to José Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis de Villagarcia (1666?-1745) , Viceroy of Peru, concerning confirmation of the terms of Godin's employment as a professor of mathematics and cosmology, and seven pages of supporting documentation. The document notes that this position had become available upon the death of its prior holder, Pedro de Peralta (1663-1743). Pages include signatures and marginalia.
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James Hervey Simpson letter to Josiah Simpson
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An autograph, signed letter from James Hervey Simpson to his brother Dr. Josiah Simpson, with envelope. The letter was written three weeks before the 1864 election and Simpson is responding to his brother's concern that it is "injudicious" for him to become involved in presidential politics. Simpson had contributed a long letter to the anti-McClellan pamphlet "Gen'l McClellan's Record. His Sympathy with the South," (1864) a publication attributed to Edgar Conkling. The letter is accompanied by two items which quote Simpson's views on McClellan: a copy of this 1864 pamphlet, with edits by Simpson, and a newspaper clipping from the "Cincinnati Daily Times" with Simpson's letter to the editor (November 12, 1864).
mssHM 84054
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Histories And Outside Publications - Life And Times Of Los Angeles
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Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains materials related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal. The business material is roughly organized by Times department; research material collected by the History Center to document the Times and materials related to the Otis/Chandler families are organized by subject. The records include accounting papers, legal documents, correspondence, directories, memoranda, reprints of articles, supplements to the newspaper, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, ephemera, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and objects. The collection includes a significant amount of audiovisual material, including photographs, film, and audio tapes. There are also several samples of printed newspapers that were collected by the Times History Center.
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