Manuscripts
Edward John Bury letter to James Ward
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Lady Charlotte Bury's diary, 1805-1810 : transcripts
Manuscripts
The material includes: HM 82895 (1) Mary Isabel Fry's research notebook, notes, genealogical information, and maps (16 pieces) ; HM 82895 (2) Lady Charlotte Bury's diary, typewritten transcription (142 p.) ; HM 82895 (3) diary, typewritten transcription with annotations, corrections and footnotes (180 p.).
mssHM 82895 (1-3)
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James Bethel letter to Ward Boyce
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Handwritten letter by James Bethel to his friend Ward Boyce, conveying news from the region of Fort Caspar, Wyoming Territory, including references to weather conditions, a forthcoming dance, the horse trade, the uncertainties of mail in his location, and his feelings of loneliness.
mssHM 83488
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[Catalogue of the library of St. James's church, Bury St. Edmunds, England]
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407793
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Edward E. Ayer letter to James Harvey McClintock
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In this letter on Huntington Hotel letterhead, Ayer gives a brief summary of history of how John Rains married the daughter of Chino Rancho owner Isaac Williams and acquired the Cucamonga Rancho and Robert Carlisle married the other daughter and acquired the Chino Rancho. The remainder of the letter concerns a chance meeting with then Corporal Ayer, Company E, Ist California Cavalry and Robert Carlisle when Ayers was ordered to retrieve some horses in the winter of 1862. When Ayers returned to camp, he was ordered to ride to Santa Monica where along the way he met John Rains at at Mission San Gabriel. There Ayer gave John Rains some advice about rethinking the name of his horse, "Jeff Davis," especially around the company of soldiers. The letter ends with Ayers reporting that Rains was murdered soon after and Carlisle was later killed in a barfight in Los Angeles.
mssHM 21253
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Sir Edward Sabine letter to John Wilson Croker
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In this letter, written from London, Sabine talks about his voyage in 1821 and his measurements of the Earth (he seems to be sending Croker a copy of a paper on the subject). He mentions the island Spitsbergen (where he took measurements), Earth's meridian, equator, and the "figure of the Earth."
mssHM 79887