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William Beresford letter to the Quarter Master General

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Description: Letter by William Beresford to the Quarter Master General of the Army regarding military matters. Bound with colored engraving of Beresford's engagement with the Polish Lancers at the Battle of Albuera and two portraits of Beresford.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1814 July 7.
Call number: mssHM 21230
Creator: Beresford, William Carr (1768-1854)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of November 1942.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Charles Beresford letters

Manuscripts

These letters are addressed to William F. Fitts, Frederick W. Slater, Synge, and "The Editor of the North American Review."

mssHM 33603-33609

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Log book and shipboard journal and watch, quarter and station bill of the USS Franklin

Manuscripts

The log book and shipboard journal, kept by First Lieutenant William M. Hunter on board the USS Franklin, begins on August 15, 1821 while the ship was in New York harbor waiting to set sail and ends August 26, 1824, shortly before the ship's return to New York. The log book includes all the usual information including daily entries listing the course of the ship, the ship's position, weather conditions, water remains, sick reports, and interactions with other ships. Hunter also comments often on the schooner Dolphin and its captain, David Conner, as it was accompanying the Franklin on its journey. It also includes several lengthy entries by Hunter detailing ports of call such as: Arica and Valparaíso, Chile; Callao, Peru; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and the Juan Fernández Islands. In these entries he talks about the activities of the crew, meeting local dignitaries, and even mentions Captain Stewart's wife Delia who was also on the voyage. Hunter also comments upon various aspects of the wars of independence against Spain including ships of the Chilean Navy returning from an engagement with Royalists and an attack on Arica, an "undefended town," by a Peruvian ship. The log book also includes 11 sketches by Hunter of various cities and places in South America and a larger chart of Cumberland Bay, also by Hunter, which is folded up and in the log book. The Watch, Quarter and Station bill for the USS Franklin is dated May 1824.

mssHM 70856-70857

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Colonel Hugh Hughes letterbook

Manuscripts

The manuscript is an exceedingly interesting collection of historical letters addrsesed to and written by Colonel Hugh Hughes, Commanding General at West Point and Quarter Master General of the State of New York. They are all copies of the originals, the greater part being copied by Henry Peckwell, clerk. Most of the letters are requests for supplies for the Continental army, over which Colonel Hughes had supervision, written from Fishkill and Fishkill Landing, New York.

mssHM 1649

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William A. Pinkerton letter to G. Lambert, Secretary, International Investment Company of San Francisco, California

Manuscripts

Letter in reply to G. Lambert stating that the check is enclosed as requested for $1250.00, the first quarter payment for the subscription to Guadalajara concession of the Mexican International Investment Company. Letter is on William Pinkerton's private letterhead with the address of his Chicago office.

mssHM 35185

Sketch of the Operations of His Majesty's Fleet and Army under the Command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. Wm. Howe, K.B. in 1776

Visual Materials

Hand colored engraving of "The enemy endeavoring to engage the Phoenix and the Rose with their Galleys and fire ships on the 16th of August in the night." Reference table, sheet 2. Battle scene, sheet 2.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: JB J Bates. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesArt Work. Verso Text: MS notes: 993.

093:111 L

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William E. Carpenter papers

Manuscripts

Contains the Army Record of William E. Carpenter. Fair copy of the Civil War diary kept in Aug. 1862 to July 1865, preceded by an 1871 account book (100 leaves). Both manuscripts fill approximately a half of a blank account book. The diary deals chiefly with camp life: foraging, rations, typhoid fever, hospitals, furloughs, elections of officers, inspections, encounters with Confederate prisoners, war news and rumors; desertions; news about other regiments including newly organized colored troops; "chat" with Ulysses S. Grant. There is also infomration on operations of Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, including siege and surrender of Vicksburg. Also included are William E. Carpenter's insignia of the Grand Army of the Republic, Civil War leaflets with the texts of "The Veterans are Coming!," by L. Grennan, and "Triumphal March of General Grant's Grand Army", two copies of a leaflet "History of Regimental Colors of the 124th Regiment Ill. Vol. Infantry," by J.H. Howe. (Republican Print: Galbsburg, Ill, s.d.), newspaper clippings, and postcards. Accompanied by the following manuscripts: discharge certificate of William E. Carpenter (HM 60954), "Statistics of the 124th Regt. From Sept. 10 1862 to Aug. 11, 1863) (HM 60955), and the reply to a questionnaire distributed by the U.S. Bureau of Pensions (1904) (HM 60952).

mssHM 60952-60955

William Beresford letter to the Quarter Master General

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