Manuscripts
Will and papers relating to the settlement of the estate
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The will of Juan Bandini
Manuscripts
This manuscript is a certified contemporary copy of the will of Juan Bandini, and discusses the disbursement of his assets upon his death. In Spanish. Also includes a typed English translation.
mssHM 26658
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John Hopkinson Collection of letters and documents relating to his will and settlement of his estate
Manuscripts
This collection contains letters and documents primarily relating to John Hopkinson's will and settlement of his estate. A small number of items are correspondence sent and received by Hopkinson in the months of 1898 before his death on August 27.
mssHM 83439
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Some comments regarding the Chase papers and a resume of the principal subject to which they relate: manuscript
Manuscripts
Scope and content. After the first statement by Cleaveland is a second one dated 1975. Also included is a faint facsimile of a marriage certificate for Mason Chase to Agnes Morley (1892, April 23).
mssHM 75091
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Ferdinand C. Ewer papers on education in San Francisco
Manuscripts
Reverend F.C. Ewer's papers regarding eduction in San Francisco during his time on the Board of Education, covering the years c.1855-1856. Items include correspondence to Ewer from teacher Lilly Clapp regarding eduction in San Francisco and disciplinary measures being taken against a teacher named Dunne; Ewer's oath upon appointment to the Board of Education (1855); and a letter of recommendation for C.J Flatt (1856). Also includes a variety of high school materials, including exam questions, a chart showing teachers by district and grade level, a chart showing teacher:student ratios, a list of books adopted by the Board of Education (1855), a list of teachers, a map showing houses in the 9th District, a schedule of classes, a list of subjects studied, and a list of teachers who received the Order of Excellence. Items were originally housed in a scrapbook kept by Ewer.
mssHM 74500-74518
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Documents related to Chinese indentured servants in 19th century Cuba
Manuscripts
This collection contains 93 documents relating to the bureaucracy and administration of Chinese indentured servants in Cuba working on sugar and commercial crop plantations. The documents include certificates of nationality from the Chinese consulate in Havana, which contains information about individual laborer's age, place of origin, and provides their Hispanic name. Also included are new contracts for laborers who sought new indenture after the expiration of their initial contract, identification papers or cedulas, legal proceedings, death and burial certificates. Additionally, there is a log sheet from a slave depository, a temporary holding place for enslaved persons before they were purchased or transported, containing names and descriptions of recaptured indentured servants who had attempted to escape.
mssCISC
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Material related to Lincoln
Manuscripts
This series contains letters, telegrams, and orders relating to Lincoln, especially to his assassination, and the pursuit and trials of the assassination conspirators. In addition, there are several commemorative poems and resolutions, and other items that concern Lincoln's legacy, including a certified copy of the Emancipation Proclamation with a black seal and mourning ribbon. Also present are two letters of John Wilkes Booth, neither of which mention Lincoln.
mssLincoln