Manuscripts
John Mitchell letter to Cadwallader Colden, London
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John D. Mitchell letters
Manuscripts
One of the letters is a 16-page detailed account of Mitchell's voyage around Cape Horn and arrival in San Francisco in April 1849. The other letters are about Mitchell's experiences living in San Francisco and Sacramento including witnessing several hangings; his letters also give details regarding his attempts at mining for gold.
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Israel Mitchell manuscripts
Manuscripts
Four of these five manuscripts were written by Israel Mitchell. These include a speech about agriculture, a manuscript on religion, science and astronomy and two items about slavery. Of the latter two items, the first is a poem written circa 1860 against the institution of slavery, which mentions the abolitionist John Brown. The other is a handwritten copy of a speech Mitchell gave before the Oregon legislature in 1857 regarding both slavery and the Oregon constitution; Mitchell is arguing that Oregon should enter the United States as a free state. He also talks about abolitionists and the United States constitution. The fifth item is a group of notes on Mitchell family genealogy (with mention of Mitchell's grand-uncle Daniel Boone).
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Honfleure’s Colours
Visual Materials
One boxed set of paint pigments entitled Honfleure's Colours: Prepared for Flower, Fruit Painting, &c. in the English Style, with Directions for their use by L. Honfleure, ca. 1880. The set is comprised of 11 large and 3 small glass jars of dry paint pigments, in a variety of colors, and housed in a wooden box with a sliding lid. Laid into the box is a sheet of printed directions for mixing the pigments and how to use each of the colors. The three small glass jars may not be part of the Honfleure set; they appear to have been manufactured by another company.
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The Journal of Cadwallader Colden, Esq. 1776-1779
Manuscripts
This journal kept by Cadwallader Colden II during the American Revolution. It includes the following periods: early 1776 to his arrest and confinement in Kingston jail; August 1776, paroled at his home; December 1776, appearance before the Continental Congress; March 1777, ordered to take the oath of allegiance to the State of New York, charged with committing overt acts of loyalism, sent to fleet prison; September 1777, paroled to Hurley, New York; July 1778, exiled to New York City. While he was living in New York City, he pleaded with state leaders, including Governor George Clinton, for his release, which did not come until 1784.
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Edgar Dean Mitchell letter to Dennis Cooper
Manuscripts
In this letter, Mitchell is answering a letter Dennis Cooper had about the navigation of the Apollo Lunar Module.
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Extract from a map of the British and French dominions in North America / by Jno. Mitchell
Visual Materials
No old shelf mark. "This map was Undertaken with the Approbation and at the Request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, and is chiefly composed from Draughts, Charts and Actual Surveys of different parts of His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America; Great Part of which have been lately taken by their Lordship's Orders and transmitted to this Office by the Governors of the said Colonies and others. John Pownall, Secretary." A very small "Province of Main" with other imagined borders across the area. For a similar map with slight variations, see RB ephMPME0004. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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