Manuscripts

John Bright letter to J. Arthur Partridge

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1866 July 28.
Call number: mssHM 17197
Creator: Bright, John (1811-1889)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from Mary W.T. Dickinson, 1953.
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Speeches of John Bright, M. P., on the American question

Rare Books

72448

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Arthur J. Flarman - letter

Manuscripts

The John Genest scrapbooks consist of two folio volumes, which are extra-illustrated supplements to Genest's multi-volume publication on the history of the English stage. The scrapbooks contain approximately 300 items including portrait and view prints, playbills, autographs, and 70 letters of theatrical persons; many of the later letters are addressed to Edward Smyth Pigott who was the Examiner of Plays from 1875 to 1895.

mssGenest

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Manuscripts: Nathaniel Bright Emerson (H-J)

Manuscripts

The collection contains a wide range of material including research material for his major publications (Hawaiian Antiquities, Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii, and Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula), correspondence, short stories, essays, poetry, Hawaiian mele, notebooks, biographical sketches, diaries, book reviews, land deeds, wills, affidavits, ephemera, photographs and early drafts of Emerson's published work. The majority of the collection was written, collected or translated by Emerson; however, the collection does contain material by other Emerson family members and notable historical figures of Hawaiian history, such as W. D. Alexander, William R. Castle, Abraham Fornander, Davida Malo, Robert W. Wilcox, and several others. The subjects covered in this collection are: Emerson family history; the American Civil War and army hospitals; Hawaiian ethnology and culture; the Hawaiian revolutions of 1893 and 1895; Hawaiian politics; Hawaiian history; Polynesian history; Hawaiian mele; the Hawaiian hula; leprosy and the leper colony on Molokai; and Hawaiian mythology and folklore.

mssEMR 1-1323

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Smith, Arthur J. Letter to John Dustin Bicknell. Minneapolis, Minn

Manuscripts

Typewritten.

mssBicknell papers

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George Adams Bright papers

Manuscripts

Letters from George Adams Bright to his family, describing his medical practice, Civil War experience, travels, and family affairs. The collection also includes journals that Bright kept during all of his sea voyages. The letters and journals provide detailed accounts of his Civil War experience, including the siege of Galveston, the blockade and blockade-runners, assault on Fort Fisher, and the post-war career, including details of the 1866 mission to Mexico, news of the Santa-Anna's return to Vera Cruz, June 1867, operations of the Navy in the Mediterranean, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, his work at the Naval Academy, Mare Island, and naval hospitals. Also included are Bright's commissions, certificates, and other documents, a photograph, and some genealogical material. Also included is a journal kept by Bright's younger brother William Mason Bright (born 1848), a sailor onboard of the brig Executive that sailed from Bangor to Azores in July of 1864. The journal gives a detailed account of the voyage, including the information on the crew and the passengers, descriptions of the ports, etc. The diary also contains an account of the meeting with the American consul in St. Thomas and discussions of the war news.

mssHM 54997-55576

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John Bowring letters to Messrs. J. Schulsfield and sons

Manuscripts

mssHM 11473

John Bright letter to J. Arthur Partridge

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