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William Sams papers
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William Sams papers
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A collection of letters addressed to William Sams from artists, writers, actors, playwrights, composers, and singers; some of the letters include short poems and envelopes. The letters are written by, among others, John B. Buckstone, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, John Pritt Harley, Charles Kean, Ellen Kean, Mary Keeley, Robert Keeley, Dame Madge Kendal, Thomas Landseer, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron, Charles Mathews, Sarah Jane Mellon, John Everett Millais, James Robinson Plancȟ, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
mssHM 15984-16052
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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay letter to Charles Knight
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A.L.S. from Thomas Babington Macaulay, to Charles Knight, concerning Macaulay's decision to cease writing for Knight's Quarterly Magazine; letter published in Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, Vol. 1, page 189.
mssHM 80325
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William Dean Howells papers
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The collection consists primarily of letters from William Dean Howells to the following correspondents: Sylvester Baxter, William Henry Bishop, Charles Eliot Norton, William Henry Rideing, and Charles Warren Stoddard. The collection also contains one poem by William Dean Howells, one letter from Elinor Mead Howells, and two letters from Mildred Howells to Sylvester Baxter and Charles Warren Stoddard.
mssHM 41383-41535
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Fanny Kemble Papers
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The collection consists of manuscript poems, documents, and correspondence by and related to English actor and author Fanny Kemble. Correspondents include: Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Charles John Kean, John Mitchell Kemble, John Poole, Adelaide Kemble Sartoris, and Charles Mayne Young. Manuscript include: Kemble, Frances Anne - poems: Autumn - written after a ride by the Schuylkill (HM 45058) "Silence - instead of thy sweet song my Bird" (HM 45059) Lines Written by the Sea Side (HM 45060) Morning by the Sea (HM 45060) To Shakespeare (HM 45060) Written at Trenton (last ten lines only, HM 45061) Documents include: Kemble, Frances Anne: Ticket of admission for Readings from Shakespeare for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [1849] (HM 45062) Correspondence (notable persons and those represented by 3 or more pieces): Coutts, Angela Georgina (Baroness Burdett-Coutts): 3 pieces, 1858-1872, to Mary Harness; 1 piece, 1867, Mar. 26, to William Harness Kean, Charles John: 3 pieces, 1842-1857, to William Harness Kean, Ellen (Tree): 1 piece, 1866, June 5, to William Harness Kean, Mary (Chambers): 1 piece, 1840, Dec. 9, to Mary Harness Kemble, Frances Anne 6 pieces, 1858-before 1893, to [Unidentified] 1 piece, 1858, Dec. 25, to Bellows 2 pieces, 1869-1877, to Ellen M. Camac 1 piece, 1884, Mar. 3, to Frances Power Cobbe 1 piece, 1853, July 28, to Anna (Shaw) Curtis 3 pieces, 1857-1858, to George William Curtis 15 pieces, 1877-1889, to Blanche Donne 2 pieces, 1877, to Valentia Donne 2 pieces, 1858-1862, to William Bodham Donne 1 piece, 1853, Dec. 25, to Mrs. Filsbee 1 piece, 1844, Apr. 27, to James H. Hackett 5 pieces, 1841-1879, to Mary Harness 25 pieces, 1863-1892, to Polly Hogge 1 piece, 1876, June 20, to William Dean Howells 1 piece, 1865, to Miss Mitchell 1 piece, 1869, to T. B. Pugh 4 pieces, 1862, to Dora Sedgwick 1 piece, 1849, Feb. 8, to George H. Whitney Kemble, Harry: 1 piece, 1859, Jan. 31, to Mary Harness Kemble, John Mitchell: 1 piece, 1840, to William Harness Poole, John: 1 piece, 1856, Apr. 18, to William Harness Sartoris, Adelaide (Kemble): 3 pieces, 1873->1879, to Mary Harness Sartoris, Edward John: 2 pieces, 1873->1879, to Mary Harness Young, Charles Mayne: 1 piece, 1824, Dec. 23, to Charles Kemble
mssHM 45049-45144
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William Williams papers
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Personal and business papers of William Williams, chiefly his correspondence with his father-in-law and his brothers-in-law Henry Huntington, Jr. (1813-1854), and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington (1816-1882). Also included are a few letters from Benjamin Nicoll Huntington to his mother, Catherine M. Haven Huntington.
mssHM 46555-46670
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William Bayard papers
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This group of twelve items contains letters and notes regarding William Bayard's proposed stagecoach route from Missouri to California. Seven of the twelve items are by William Bayard; these items include a letter and several notes regarding the cost of the stagecoach route, the supplies that would be needed, and his plans for acquiring the necessary land. There are also three letters by James Haworth, president of the California Stage Company, to Charles M. Hitchcock regarding an alternate stagecoach route and a letter by San Francisco lawyer Joseph Bryant Crockett to Hitchcock about the difficulties he would face in establishing a stagecoach route. Also included is a photostat copy of the Last Will & Testament of Henry Byron Phillips who was president and librarian of the California Genealogical Society. In his will, Phillips leaves his books to the Sutro Library and the California State Library in Sacramento.
mssHM 68072-68083