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    Personal and family material

    Manuscripts

    mssAU

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    Documents and related materials

    Manuscripts

    Series 1 comprises newspaper clippings; press releases; communications and resource referral lists; an August 1964 National Association of Real Estate Brokers 17th Annual Convention journal; a report from the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots; invitations; advertisement printing plates; a 1975 Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) Achievement Award engraved plaque plate; biographical data on former Los Angeles City Councilman/Mayor Tom Bradley; a Second Baptist Church First Decade Award certificate and program honoring the bank, as well as a Man of the Year Award program honoring United States Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins. Also included are Financial Building Company leases and canceled stock certificates.

    mssBOF

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    Rich family material: documents, transcripts and printed material

    Manuscripts

    A collection of documents, typewritten transcripts and printed material; it includes: a 1643 naval document signed by Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (HM 82943), a 1743 annuity receipt signed by Sir Robert Rich and Elizabeth, his wife (HM 82944), typewritten transcriptions of documents (1597/98-1642) relating to various Rich family members (HM 82945-82947) and printed material (1836-1933) that includes an engraving, and clippings relating to the Earls of Warwick and the Earl of Holland (HM 82948).

    mssHM 82943-82948

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    Educational material (diplomas, etc.)

    Manuscripts

    mssAU

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    Personal and Family: Genealogy: Material relating to the De Ferrara and Townshend Families: [printed]

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.

    mssTD