Manuscripts

Adelina Patti letter to unidentified addressee

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Description: The letter is addressed to: My dear friend and was written from Craig-y-Nos Castle, South Wales; it was originally mounted in a volume and was removed by Huntington Library staff in September 1938.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1883 October 22.
Call number: mssHM 13258
Creator: Patti, Adelina (1843-1919)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased in George D. Smith sale (lot 76), August 1915.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Adelina Patti autograph book

Manuscripts

Autograph book of Adelina Patti when she was in San Francisco in March 1887. On cover: "Souvenir to The Great Diva Adelina Patti From her Friends and Admirers, San Francisco, Cal." With a biographical note on Adelina Patti.

mssHM 40700

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Adelina Patti letters

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The volume includes 10 autograph letters written to various family members; the volume is a brown morocco folio with gold lettering on front cover.

mssHM 20378-20387

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Otto Goldschmidt letter to unidentified addressee

Manuscripts

Letter is mounted on paper, with auction catalogue information pasted onto paper; removed from a volume by Huntington Library staff, September 1938.

mssHM 22046

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Jenny Lind letter to unidentified addressee

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Letter is mounted on paper which includes a ticket for Pew No. 109 at her Grand Concert, Buffalo, July 30, 1851; removed from a volume by Huntington Library staff, September 1938.

mssHM 22047

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John Gorham Palfrey letter to George Washington Greene

Manuscripts

An autograph letter written from Boston, Mass., from John G. Palfrey to George W. Greene, who was serving as U.S. Consul to Rome. The letter details a list of written works ordered by Palfrey but not yet paid for; he also mentions their mutual friend H.W. Longfellow. The letter has a red wax seal and was originally window-mounted; it has been removed but the old cloth hinges remain.

mssHM 83573

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Maria Fitzherbert letter to William Porden

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An autograph, signed letter addressed to "Sir" and dated on the verso, "1803 dec 12;" on the top of the page, in pencil in another hand, is written "To Wm Porden." The letter only briefly mentions the Prince of Wales and is mainly about the installation, placement and use of a stove in a house that is being built. William Porden was the architect who designed Steine House in Brighton, England, for Fitzherbert; she lived there from 1804 until her death in 1837. The letter was mounted on board by a previous owner.

mssHM 84133

Adelina Patti letter to unidentified addressee

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