Manuscripts

George Allen correspondence relating to his Life of Philidor

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Description: George Allen's "Life of Philidor" was the first book printed on vellum in the United States. This collection contains letters and printed material that were removed from an unknown volume by the Library in May 1939.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1858-1897.
Call number: mssHM 13134-13178, HM 13901
Provenance: Probably purchased from Nicholson Sale, 1922.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Correspondence, Manuscripts & Poems

Manuscripts

The collections consists of 53 letters, poems and other manuscripts written by various members of the Leigh family and other people in their circle. The letters are mainly concerned with the intimate, mundane, playful and tragic aspects of family life from the early modern period until the middle of the 19th century. There is also a small number of poems, written by or copied out by family members, a Hymn, a speech, and a travel account. The collection also contains the 19th century volume, titled in gild on spine "Original Family Papers &c. Vol. 1. MSS." Letters and other material purchased by the Huntington Library Collectors' Council have been removed from the volume by the Huntington Library Conservation Department. An unknown number of letters were removed from the volume prior to the Huntington Library purchase.

(HM 81608-81660)

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The ancient phisicians last legacy to his country -- being what he has collected himself in forty nine years practice

Manuscripts

This is a manuscript transcription written in an unknown hand; bound in vellum with some staining to the covers and initial pages. According to a note by Alan Jutzi (former Chief Curator of Rare Books) "K Donahue at UCLA verifies that this has been copied from post 1742 printed text." The volume was previously in the library of Edward Alexander Tompkins, M.D. (1813-1880) at Grass Valley, CA.

mssHM 82864

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Allen, Harold. Diary

Manuscripts

The first section of the collection consists of 43 volumes: two William Allen diaries (1878-1879), one Harold Allen diary (1884), and 40 ranch journals from 1879 to 1918. The first volume, written by William Allen in 1878, begins in Europe and continues in Southern California later in the year. Subsequent volumes document primarily the day-to-day activities of the ranch, from pruning to harvesting and irrigating the vineyards and citrus trees. Some writing indicates that there were Chinese laborers on the ranch, and entries in later volumes may have been recorded by one of William Allen's sons, Walter I. Allen, who ran the ranch in later years.

mssSphinx ranch

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Allen, William, -1886. Diary

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mssSphinx ranch

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Allen, William, -1886. Diary

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Allen, William, -1886. Bank Book

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George Allen correspondence relating to his Life of Philidor

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