Manuscripts

Pierre-Chrysologue Pambrun letter to Forbes Barclay

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Description: Pambrum is grateful for the first news from Forbes in over for years, and reports that his own family is "doing better than I have imagined." He also briefly discusses a handful of minor business details.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1867, September 4.
Call number: mssHM 16948
Creator: Pambrun, Pierre-Chrysologue (1792-1841)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from A. H. Blaker, 1952, March 19.
Dimensions: 21 cm :
Associated people: Forbes, Barclay,
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N. Barclay letters to Forbes Barclay

Manuscripts

These are two manuscript letters, written to Forbes Barclay by an unidentified "N. Barclay". HM 16940 features vertical and horizontal cross-hatch writing concerning business and personal details, and is dated May 22, 1840. HM 16941, which appears to be written in a diary format, discusses details of shipping and various social engagements, and is dated July 29-August 2, 1840, and is incomplete and damaged; the pages are numbered 17-20. These letters seem to be detailed updates of business and personal affairs of various individuals for the benefit of Forbes Barclay, who is, at this time, in absentia from his Scotland home.

mssHM 16940-16941

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Andrew Jackson, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Jackson, Jr. :

Manuscripts

Jackson is happy to hear that Sarah (Andrew Jackson Jr.'s wife Sarah Yorke Jackson) and Rachel (their daughter) are doing well. Provides instructions and guidance for various tasks at the Hermitage including sales of cotton crop and stock, use of stud colt, and the need for housing for fowl and stables. Jackson also mentions the illness of Sampson, an enslaved laborer at the Hermitage, and others (text damaged). Discusses financial details on purchase of land from Alexander. Jackson expresses his gratification that the tomb for Rachel Jackson is complete. Item is slightly damaged, some text missing.

mssHM 23117

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Charles Darwin letter to John Forbes Royle

Manuscripts

The collection contains correspondence from Charles Darwin to British botanist John Forbes Royle, American philosopher and historian John Fiske, and German biologist Ernst Krause. Also includes correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause. There is also one letter by British zoologist and curator William S. Dallas to Ernst Krause. Several of Charles Darwin's letters were written by his son, Francis. The subjects of the letters include Darwin's work, biology, Darwin's father, physician Robert Darwin, grandfather, natural philosopher and poet Erasmus Darwin, English poet and author of Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin Anna Seward (1742-1809), and English novelist and critic Samuel Butler (1835-1902).

mssHM 12879

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Dennis Searles letter to Carrie Searles

Manuscripts

The letter, which was written by Dennis Searles in San Francisco and addressed to his sister Carrie, discusses the Searles' mines and a mill that they are building. Dennis mentions that John "left for the mines about three weeks ago," and was doing well. Dennis also talks about their frustration in business and their recent purchases of new mining equipment. Dennis signed the letter "John and Dennis Searles."

mssHM 66766

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Pierre-Jean de Smet letter to John Dawson Gilmary Shea

Manuscripts

Writing from St. Louis University in Missouri, de Smet is happy to help with compiling information for Shea's almanac. When the almanac is ready, de Smet asks that a copy be sent to his native Belgium.

mssHM 4018

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Jean Pierre Vibert letter to "Monsieur Lauret,"

Manuscripts

The letter is written by Jean Pierre Vibert to a "Monsieur Lauret" regarding an order of roses purchased by Lauret. In addition to a detailed invoice of thirteen roses, Vibert exchanges pleasantries with Lauret about visits that his customer has made to Chenevieres, ending with a discussion of the imminent closure of his business and the deep discounts that he can therefore offer on his 1833 catalogue of rose specimens. Letter is in French; written in Paris. With typed English translation.

mssHM 80796

Pierre-Chrysologue Pambrun letter to Forbes Barclay

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