Manuscripts

Edward Harvey letter to Monsieur Pleydell

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Description: Letter regarding the Battle of White Plains, 1776 October 28; bound with Great Britain, Navy, order of battle for Lake Champlain, 1776 October 1 (mssHM 24).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1776 December 20.
Call number: mssHM 25099
Creator: Harvey, Edward (1718-1778)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1994.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Jeremiah McIntosh His Book of Accounts. 1776-1777

Manuscripts

The diary covers the period from Sept. 17 through Nov. 20, 1776 and describes the march from Dorchester to New York, the last stages of the New York Campaign, including the battle of White Plains (Oct. 28); camp life, (including punishment meted out to soldiers of his regiment, prayer meetings, sermons, etc.) The rest of the manuscript consists of miscellaneous accounts of payments received for "mending."

mssHM 69943

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Harvey A. Marckres letters, (bulk 1864, June 3 - July 21)

Manuscripts

Letters that Marckres wrote home between April 24, 1861 and July 21, 1864. The first letter (1861, Apr. 21) describes the "great excitement" that gripped Peacham, including a rousing town hall called up by " 5 or 6 of we boys" to discuss raising of a company and the enthusiastic response it received and raising of a "Liberty pole" on the town square. The seven letters written in the summer of 1864 describe the fighting in Virginia, including the battles of Cold Harbor, Wilson's raid on South Side & Danville Railroad, and the siege of Petersburg, discuss the commanding officers, including Ulysses S. Grant and James Harrison Wilson, and provide updates on the war news.

mssHM 30504 (1-9)

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Edward A. Adams letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of Huntington letter to Adams, 1924 September 19, copy of Adams telegram to Huntington, 1924 October 17, copies of document from Kenmore Realty Co., and Adams letter to Simon L. Goldblum, 1924 October 27, copy of Adams letter to Westwood Realty Co., 1924 October 28, copy of Adams letter to W.B. Sievers, 1924 November 1, Charles E. Graham note to Adams, 1924 November 14, Huntington telegram to Adams, 1924 November 11, statement of receipts and disbursements relative to Brooklyn properties, and Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Huntington, 1924 November 5. Some on Henry E. Huntington letterhead. 61 pieces.

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Edward M. Burns letters to Charles H. Tweed

Manuscripts

Also: clipping from Little Falls News, New York; copy of letter from John Pierpont Morgan to Burns, 1900 November 7; telegram from Burns to Tweed, 1900 October 24. Subjects: Raquette Lake Railway Company; John W. Roosevelt.

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Charles E. Graham letters to George S. Patton

Manuscripts

Also: letters from Patton to Graham, 1903 June 6, 24, November 4, December 16, 29, 1904 January 27, 28, February 10, 23, March 9, July 21, September 10, December 20, 1905 January 9, 21, February 23, 24, March 21 ; letters from Patton to Henry E. Huntington, 1903 June 25, 1905 February 20; statement of interest on property accounts, Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1903 July 1; letter from Patton to Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., 1905 March 21; letter from Westinghouse to Huntington, 1905 March 16; letter from Huntington Land & Improvement Company to Graham, 1905 October 28. Subjects: real estate in California, financial accounts, Marengo Water Co., Howard Huntington, and San Gabriel Wine Co.

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Edward E. Ayer letter to James Harvey McClintock

Manuscripts

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

Edward Harvey letter to Monsieur Pleydell

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