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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Gen. Geo. G. Meade - Lyman
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of a bust-length portrait of American Civil War Union General George Meade in military uniform.
priJLC_MIL_001239
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Rare Books
63196
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Manuscripts
The autobiography begins with Belding's childhood in West Farms, Massachusetts (near Amherst College). He recalls his early days of school, camping at a nearby lake, and his first crush on a girl. Of his life in Wyoming Valley, Pennyslvania, Belding talks about his bout with typhoid fever in 1846 which led his doctor to advise him to go on a sea voyage. He talks about his first voyage on the ship Zion and his first long voyage on the whaling ship Uncas (going to the Arctic for whales). Of his voyages, Belden talks about the conditions of life on the ship, their food and drink, stops along the way, sea animals they saw, and the whales they killed. Belding also talks about hunting in the Sierra Nevadas, a meeting with Mark Hopkins, and a bird collecting trip he took to Baja, California.
mssHM 75097
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Manuscripts
Letters and a medical journal of Lyman Augustus Brewer, a Civil War surgeon who served in the Ohio infantry. Also includes some family papers.
mssBrewer
Visual Materials
Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Major General George Meade on horseback in military uniform with arm outstretched and hat in hand; mounted soldiers in background.
priJLC_MIL_000878