Manuscripts
Camille Saint-Saëns letter to the Editor of Musical America
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Camille Flammarion letters
Manuscripts
They are all written in French. One letter is written on Société astronomique de France letterhead; another is written on Observatoire Flammarion letterhead. The postcards shows the Observatoire Flammarion. The addressees' names cannot be made out.
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Guglielmo Marconi letter to Major S. A. Carr
Manuscripts
This letter was written to Royal Engineer Major S. A. Carr. In the letter Marconi is talking about some experiments with wireless telegraph he has been conducting. He also states that he hopes to create a "compact form" of his invention "to be applied on board...ships." The letter was written in London; the envelope is with the letter.
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Letter of appreciation to Harry Chandler from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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Black and white photograph of a letter of appreciation to Harry Chandler from the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. "An appreciation of Harry Chandler... "
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Thomas Clarkson letter to Henry Clarke Wright, approximately 1846
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An autobiographical autograph letter written by Thomas Clarkson to "Dear Sir;" the letter is entitled "Extraordinary Phenomenon in the Origin of the Abolition of the Slave Trade as it relates to myself." Though the letter is addressed to "Dear Sir" there is strong evidence it was written to Henry Clarke Wright, American abolitionist. The letter recounts Clarkson's sixty year's crusade against enslavement: his efforts to end the trade of enslaved persons in Great Britain, the foundation of The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and his work with William Wilberforce. The letter is mounted on paper, with some slight staining and a crossed-out pencil profile portrait on recto of the blank leaf; also enclosed is a typewritten transcription of the letter.
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David Wood letter to William J. Hiles
Manuscripts
An autograph, signed letter from David Wood, a member of the West Virginia 1st Cavalry Regiment; he is writing to a former member of the regiment, William J. Hiles. The letter is written from Camp Russell, Virginia, and contains news of many fellow soldiers in the regiment, some of whom have had horses shot out from under them or had been wounded in various battles; Wood also mentions some who have been ill and left the Army or have deserted. The letter is beginning to tear along the folds and there is an old repair along the top of the letter. Enclosed with the letter is the back only of a pictorial envelope.
mssHM 84102
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Maria Fitzherbert letter to William Porden
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An autograph, signed letter addressed to "Sir" and dated on the verso, "1803 dec 12;" on the top of the page, in pencil in another hand, is written "To Wm Porden." The letter only briefly mentions the Prince of Wales and is mainly about the installation, placement and use of a stove in a house that is being built. William Porden was the architect who designed Steine House in Brighton, England, for Fitzherbert; she lived there from 1804 until her death in 1837. The letter was mounted on board by a previous owner.
mssHM 84133