Manuscripts

[Oscar of Alva : verses 23-34 only]

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Description: Annexed: a signature of Byron, cut from a letter.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: Approximately 1807.
Call number: mssHM 12379
Creator: Byron, George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Joline Sale, Anderson #1167/135, October 1915.
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Captain's log for the H.M.S. Blonde's voyage to the Sandwich Islands

Manuscripts

The volume is Byron's handwritten daily account of the H.M.S. Blonde's voyage from England to Hawaii and from Hawaii back to Valparaíso, Chile (June 10, 1824 to November 19, 1825). Byron records longitude and latitude, distance traveled, weather conditions, bearings, and barometer/thermometer readings. Along with those details, Byron records the daily activities and repairs on the ship, the punishments of sailors for various grievances, trading of supplies with other ships, and ports visited including Rio de Janeiro, Cape Horn, and Valparáiso. Byron also notes activities after the ship's arrival in Hawaii including the bodies of the Hawaiian royals taken ashore, his visits from King Kamehameha III and Queen Kaahumanu, the completion of the first monument for Captain James Cook, and the discovery of Malden Island.

mssHM 64596

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Byron Ludwell Taylor letter to Captain B. F. Wiems

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In this letter, Taylor is requesting a furlough for Private L. Fitzgerald of his company. Accompanying the letter is an 1897 issue of The east Texas pinery, which contains an article about the 4th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Byron Ludwell Taylor, Captain J. M. Crosson, and the battles of Glorieta and Valverde, New Mexico. Also with the letter is a fragment of an additional letter by Taylor.

mssHM 68415

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Amelia Opie letter: fragment only

Manuscripts

Cut off from a larger letter.

mssOpie

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Matilda Lieber letter to Oscar Montgomery Lieber

Manuscripts

Columbia, South Carolina. Cut off from main portion of letter.

LI 5119

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Andrew Johnson announcement of the death of James Buchanan, Washington, D.C., :

Manuscripts

Announcement of death of former President James Buchanan and order for the Executive Mansion to be placed in mourning. Accompanying material is a copy signature of Andrew Johnson, cut from a different document.

mssHM 2117

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Lines addressed by Lord Byron to his Lady, when the latter was labouring under illness

Manuscripts

A copy in the handwriting of James Clarence Mangan, approximately 1830.

mssHM 2851

[Oscar of Alva : verses 23-34 only]

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Captain's log for the H.M.S. Blonde's voyage to the Sandwich Islands

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