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  Regimental returns of the 8th Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army, with additions and emendations by Gardner Tufts, (bulk 1779-1781)

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  The regimental returns of the personnel of the 8th Massachusetts regiment kept by Francis Tufts, the adjutant to Colonel Michael Jackson (1734-1801), for the period from 1778 September 3- December 18, when the men were stationed in the Hudson Valley. After the war, Gardner Tufts and possibly other family members (it is written in a variety of hands) filled the added leaves with different material including: a brief narrative of Francis Tufts' military service; copies of orders taken from other regimental order books (including some by George Washington); moral, patriotic and religious essays, reflections, poetry, diagrams, and speeches; and sketches of family homes. Also includes tipped in lithographic portraits of Christopher Columbus, Charles Carroll (last living signer of the Declaration of Independence), George Washington, John Warren (physician and brother of Joseph Warren, hero of Bunker Hill), Marquis de Lafayette, John Adams, Edward Augustus Holyoke (Massachusetts physician and educator), and President William Henry Harrison. Volume also contains several, smaller manuscript items laid in. Front cover is detached; some signs of foxing and water damage.

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  Preliminary survey of San Pedro Anchorage and vicinity of Santa Barbara California / geographical position by G. Davidson Assist topography by A.M. Harrison Asst. & W.M. Johnson Sub Asst hydrography by the part under the command of Lieut. J. Alden U.S.N. Asst

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  Two maps on one sheet with different scales. At head of title: (J. No. 4) U. S. Coast Survey A. D. Bache, Supdt. RB copy : From the library of John Haskell Kemble. RB copy : Ink stamp of the U.S. Geological Survey Library, 1887, stamped on each map. RB copy : Housed in an envelope. Stamp: U.S. Geological Survey Library 1887. MS notes: 609. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: 492435.

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  Thomas Nowell sermon, correspondence, and related material, (bulk 1768-1772)

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  Correspondence and manuscripts regarding the controversy over Thomas Nowell's 1772 Charles I remembrance sermon before the House of Commons, bound together with the printed sermon. Letters to Nowell are from W. (presumably Walter) King and Dr. (presumably James) King, the sermon's printer Henry Hughs, Lord Lichfield, Thomas Fitzmaurice, the Rev. Richard Scrope, and others; letters are both in support of and in opposition to Nowell's sermon. In addition, there are two copies of Thomas Nowell letters to unidentified recipients. Also present in the volume are a manuscript vote of thanks for Nowell's sermon from the House of Commons with an order to print, January 31, 1772; and manuscript extracts from a letter of Edward Gibbon and from the Annual Register regarding the sermon. The front of the volume contains a manuscript table of contents and provenance note, the bulk of which was most likely written in the late 19th century with a note added after 1916 at the end.

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  David Glasgow Farragut Papers

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  Official and personal correspondence of David G. Farragut, primarily covering his Civil War career. Included are: Farragut's letters to his wife Virginia Loyall Farragut and son Loyall Farragut, his subordinates Thornton A. Jenkins and Henry Haywood Bell, and others; letters to Farragut from Nathaniel P. Banks, Gustavus V. Fox, Gideon Welles, and others. Also included are letters addressed to Mrs. Farragut, a few orders and other documents, and a typewritten manuscript. Subjects include: Farragut's activities during the Union blockade of the South, family affairs, including his children; personal business; naval politics; Farragut's efforts for promotion, and his conflict with Oliver Hazard Perry; Mexican War, visit to Haiti. Letters from David G. Farragut to members of his family: ALS, 4pp., 4to., Pensacola, June 22, 1838. U. S. Frigate Constellation. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Pennsylvania. Norfolk, July 23, 1845. To his sister, Mrs Clara A. Gurlie ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Saratoga, Sept. 19, 1849. To William Loyall, his father-in-law. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Saratoga, Sacrificios, Dec. 16, 1847. To William Loyall, his father-in-law. ALS, 34pp., 4to. Mare Island Navy Yard. February 18, 1856. To William Loyall. ALS 1p., 4to., San Francisco, June 24 [1856] To his wife. Al initialled twice, but main signature cut out. 4pp., 4to., Norfolk, Dec. 3, 1858. To his brother, Dr. R. P. Ashe ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. S. Brooklyn, Port au Prince, Feb. 29, 1859. To his wife. ALS, 1 p., 8vo., Mobile Bay, Sept. 5, 1859. To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, April 22, 1861. To Dr R. P. Ashe, his brother. ALS, pencil, 2pp., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Dec. 21, 1861. To his wife ALS 3pp., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Dec. 23, 1861. To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Jan. 5, 1862. To his wife. AL signature lacking. 2pp., 8vo., Hartford March 15 [1862] Pilot Town on the S. W. Pass of the Mississippi River. The first page of a letter to his wife. Last two pages, 4to., of an ALS [1862] to his wife. ALS, 2pp., 4to., New Orleans, Flagship Hartford, Apr. 25, 1862. To his wife and son. ALS 1 p., 4to., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans, April 29, 1862 To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, July 22, 1862. To his wife and son. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Pensacola Navy Yard, Sept. 9, 1862. To his wife and son. ALS, 8pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Pensacola, Oct. 10, 1862. To his wife. AL, 2pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans. Jan. 18, 1862. First two pages of a letter to his wife, completed by his son, Loyall Farragut, who mentions that his father's eyes have given out. ALS 4pp., 8v., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans, January 26 [1863] To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flal ship Hartford, New Orleans, Feb. 1, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, March 19, 1863. To his wife. ALS 2pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, March 27, 1863. To his son. ALS 2pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Above Port Hudson on Mississippi, April 25, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Mouth of Red River, April 17, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Red River, April 30, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship, New Orleans, May 20, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship M. below Port Hudson, June 13, 1863. To his wife. ALS 4 pp., 8vo., Astor House, Jan. 4, 1864. To his son. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Western Gunf Blockading Squadron. Off New Orleans, Jan. 30, 1864. To his son, Loyall Farragut. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, Feb. 1, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, New Orleans, Feb. 4, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Ship Island, Feb. 19, 1864. To his son. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Ship Island, Feb. 21, 1864. To his son. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Pensacola, March 30, 1864. To his son. ALS 2pp., 4to., Flagship Tennessee, New Orleans, April 9, 1864. To his wife. ALS 2pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Pensacola, May 7, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, May 30, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, June 3, 1864. To his wife. ALS 4pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, July 6, 1864. To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Tennessee, Off Mobile, July 12, 1864 To his wife. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile, Aug. 4, 1864. To his wife. ALS 2pp., 8vo., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Mobile Bay, Nov. 10, 1864. To his son. Four pages of a long letter in Farragut's hand, probably to his father in-law. 4to., (pages 5[8) ALS, pencil, 2pp., 8vo., Washington 1865 [April 19] To his wife. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, No. 113 E. 36th St., Jan. 12, 1869. To his son. Letters from Farragut to individuals other than his family. ALS 4pp., 4to., Miss. above Port Hudson, April 22, 1863. To Admiral Theodorus Bailey. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Dec. 21, 1861. To Adm. H. H. Bell ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Dec. 22, 1861. To H. H. Bell. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, D. C., Dec. 30 [1861] To H. H. Bell. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Willards Hotel, Washington, Jan. 3, 1862. To H. H. Bell. ALS 2 pp., 4to., U. S. Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, March 5, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 2pp., 8vo., Hastings on the Hudson, Jan. 8, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Abofe Vicksburg, July 1, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 2, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 10, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 10, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Off New Orleans, Aug. 5, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Aug. 11, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 5, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 8vo., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 17, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 17, 1862. To H. H. Bell. With two news clips of Sept. 17 and 28, 1862 LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 22, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Oct. 23, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Oct. 24, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Nov. 3, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Pensacola Bay, Nov. 4 [1862] To H. H. Bell. LS 3 pp., 4to., Hartford, Off New Orleans, Nov. 13, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, New Orleans, Nov. 21, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2 pp., folio, Hartford, New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 2pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1862. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, New Orleans, New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1862. With ANS of H. H. Bell, to whom Farragut is writing, on same page. LS 1 p., folio, Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 3, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, off New Orleans, Jan. 3, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 2pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 6, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 7, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Flagship Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 12, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 3 pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Jan. 17, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., folio, Hartford, New Orleans, jan. 20, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Pilot Town, Feb. 7, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans, Feb. 17, 1863. To H. H. Bell. LS 1 p., folio, Hartford, New Orleans, Feb. 16, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Off New Orleans, March 5, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 3 pp., 4to., Flag Steamer Tennessee, New Orleans, July 13, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 1 p., 4to., Flag Steamer Tennessee, Ship Island, July 27, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 4pp., 4to., Flagship Tennesseee, New Orleans, July 29, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, New Orleans, Aug. 1, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 4 pp., 4to., Hartford, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1863. To H. H. Bell LS 2 pp., 4to., Hartford, Off Mobile Bay, June 18, 1864. To Gen. James Brown. ALS 1 p., 4to., Dec. 25, 1864. Signed with initials. To Admiral Franklin Buchanan. With the following: 92a. Admiral Franklin Buchanan, ALS 1 p., folio. Fort Lafayette, New York, Dec. 25, 1864. To Farragut. ALS 2pp., 4to. [august, 1864] Signed with initials. To Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford. Below Vicksburg, March 26, 1863. To his son, Loyall Farragut (official paper) LS 3pp., folio, New York, April 30, 1866. Copy of an original To James W. Grimes. LS 3 pp., 4to., Flagship Tennessee, New Orleans, July 22, 1863. To Commodore Henry W. Morris. LS 3 pp., 4to., Flagship Tennessee, New Orleans, July 22, 1863. To Commodore Henry W. Morris (copy of no. 96) ALS 1 p., folio [1863] Draft of an original letter. Signed with initials. To Admiral David D. Porter. LS 1 p., 4to., Hartford, Above Vicksburg, July 8, 1862. To Commodore D. D. Porter. LS 4pp., folio, New York, Feb. 20, 1848. Signed with initials. To John Y. Mason, Sec. of Navy LS 4pp., folio, Hartford, Off New Orleans. Dec. 30, 1863. To Commander W. B. Renshaw. ALS 3pp., 8vo. June 5 [1862] Signed with initials. To General Stone Two incomplete drafts, each four folio pages, of Farragut's report to the Secretary of the Navy on the Battle of New Orleans. The entire first page of the first draft is in the hand of Farragut. Rough draft, 4pp., 4to., of Farragut's letter to the Secretary of the Navy about duty at Mobile. With corrections in Farragut's hand. Not signed by him. DS 2pp., folio, Flagship Hartford, Below Vicksburg, June 25, 1862. General order. Signed twice by Farragut. DS 1p., 4to., Flagship Hartford, Above Vicksburg, Miss., July 3, 1862. General Orders. Some additional outgoing letters include: Nov. 18, 1844 - To: Charles Morris (1 letter) Feb. 16, May 8, May 25 and June 13, 1863 - To: Nathaniel P. Banks (4 letters) May 8, July 16, 1863 and Jan. 24, 1864 - To: David Dixon Porter and May 7, 1864 and Jan. 17, 1864 (3 letters) Fragment dated March 4, 1863 with reference to D. D. Porter (1 letter) To: Thornton Alexander Jenkins - Dated from July 3, 1863 through Jan. 15, 1870. (85 letters) To: Mrs. John M. Holmes - Dated Dec. 17, 1863 (1 letter) To: William R. Sherwood (military orders) Dated June 22, 1864. (1 letter) To: Engineers Kellogg, Hunt & Latch - Dated June 24, 1864 (1 letter) To: Samuel B. Wylie Mitchell - Feb. 16, 1866 (1 letter) To: Thomas Haines Dudley - Oct. 9, 1867 (London) (1 letter) To: Gideon Welles - Dec. 7, 1869 (1 letter) General Orders No. 11, and No. 13 - July 29, 1864 and Aug. 7, 1864. (2 items) Military Order of Loyal Legion of U.S. Pennsylvania Commandery Apr. 7, 1870 (1 item) Letters to Admiral Farragut BANKS, GEN. N. P., ALS 2pp., 8vo., New Orleans, Fe;ruary 23, 1863. ALS 1 p., 8vo., Steamer Sykes, April 30, 1863 ALS 3pp., 8vo., Alexandria, May 8, 8 a. m., 1863 ALS 1 p., 8vo., Alexandria, May 11, 1863 ALS 1 p., 8vo., Before Port Hudson, 6 a.m., July 8, [UNK] ALS 4pp., 8vo., Before Port Hudson, July 8, 1863 BORIE, A. E., LS, 3pp., folio, Navy Department, Washington, April 29, 1869. BROOKS, SIDNEY. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Newport, Nov. 20, 1868. BUTLER, GEN. BENJAMIN F., DS 2pp., 8vo., New Orleans, Dec. 8, 1862 CHOATE, JOSEPH H. ALS 2 pp., 8vo., New York, Dec. 20, 1864 DIX, GEN. JOHN A. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Paris, Jan. 6, 1868. Endorsed by Farragut. DOBBIN, F. C. LS 1p., 4to., N; vy Department, June 21, 1864. Endorsed by Farragut. DRAPER, HENRY. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Hastings, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1864 DRAPER, HENRY. ALS 7pp., 8vo., Hastings, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1864 DUPOINT, ADMIRAL S. F. ALS 4pp., 4to., Near Wilmington, April 3, 1850. FOX, GUSTAVUS V., LS 1p., 4to., Navy Dept. May 16, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 4pp., folio, Navy Dept., May 17, 1862 Endorsed by Farragut. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Washington, D. C., Oct. 20, 1863 LS 2pp., 4to., Navy Dept., Dec. 30, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 18, 1864 Endorsed by Farragut. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Washington, Dec. 15, 1864 ALS 3pp., 8vo., Washington, Dec. 20, 1864 HOLMES, OLIVER W. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Boston, Jan. 13, 1865 JAY, JOHN. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, Dec. 3, 1868. LEE, GEN. FITZ HUGH. ALS 4pp., 8vo., Richland Mill P. Office, Stafford Co., Va., July 31, 1869. JOHNSON, PRESIDENT ANDREW. LS 1 p., 4to., Executive Mansion Feb. 17, 1866. MORGAN, GOVERNOR E. D. ALS 1p., 8vo., U. S. Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C., Dec. 20, 1864 MORRIS, COMMODORE CH. ALS 2pp., 4to., U. S. S. Delaware Mahon, Nov. 3, 1843. PEABODY, GEORGE. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Oct. 10, 1867. PORTER, COM. DAVID D. ALS 2pp., 4to, Key West, Mar. 3, 1862. ALS 3pp., 4to, Apr. 25, 1862. ALS 2pp., folio, Octorara, June 28, 1862[?] PORTER, MRS. EVE. ALS 3pp., 4to, Chester, Dec. 30, 1826. SHERMAN, GEN. WILLIAM T. ALS 2pp., 8vo, St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1868. ALS 3pp., 8vo, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1868. TERRY, D.L. ALS 2pp., 8vo, Sacramento, Aug. 11, 1856. WEED, THURLOW. ALS 4pp., 8vo, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1864. ALS, 8vo, New York, Sept. 30. WELLES, GIDEON. ALS 2pp., 8vo, Washington, July 30, 1862. ALS 6pp., 8vo, Navy Dept., Washington, Oct. 5, 1863 ALS 2pp., 8vo, Washington, Aug. 22, 1866. ALS 3pp., 8vo, Washington, Oct. 2, 1866. ALS 4pp., 8vo, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 1868. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Feb. 10, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Feb. 25, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., 4to, Navy Dept., May 19, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., 4to, Navy Dept., May 19, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 3pp., folio, Navy Dept., Aug. 19, 1862. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., 4to, Navy Dept., Feb. 16, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. WELLES, GIDEON. LS 1p., 4to, Navy Dept., June 2, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., June 15, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 3pp., folio, Navy Dept., June 15, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 1p., 4to, Navy Dept., Washington, Oct. 7, 1863. Endorsed by Farragut. LS 1p., 4to, Navy Dept., Apr. 26, 1864. LS 4pp., folio, Navy Dept., Washington, Sept. 5, 1864. Marked Confidential. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Sept. 6, 1864. LS 3pp., folio, Navy Dept., Sept. 5, 1864. LS 2pp., folio, Navy Dept., Washington, June 6, 1867. WINTHROP, ROBERT C. ALS 3pp., 8vo, Brookline, Mass., Jan. 3, 1870. Letters to Virginia Loyall Farragut CISCO, JOHN J. ALS 1p., 8vo, N.Y., Mar. 7, 1868. DALY, CHARLES P. ALS 4pp., 8vo, New York, Sept. 22, 1870. DRAYTON, CAPTAIN PERCIVAL. ALS 4pp., 4to, Flagship Hartford, Off Mobile Bay, Oct. 20, 1864. FOX, GUSTAVUS V. ALS 1p. 8vo, Washington D.C. Nov. 7, 1864. HENRY, JOSEPH. ALS, [UNK] p., 8vo., Smithsonian Institution, May 6, 1863. SHERMAN, GEN. WILLIAM T. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Headquarters Army of the United States, Washington, D. C., August 4, 1874. Letters to Loyal Farragut DEWEY, ADMIRAL GEORGE. ALS 3pp., 8vo., Washington, Feb. 12, 1900 ALS 4pp., 8vo., Washington, Oct. 6, 1908 HIGGINSON, FRANCIS J. ALS 2pp., 8vo., New York, Dec. 12, 1909 PALMER, JAMES C. ALS 6pp., 8vo., Washington, D. C., May 2, 1879. UPSHURE, JOHN H. ALS 2pp., 8vo., Washington, Dec. 8, 1893. Notable miscellaneous items Printed register of the Vessels and Officers of the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron. 4to., wrappers. Dated off Mobile, June 15, 1864, and signed by Admiral Farragut three times. His personal copy. ADS 3pp., 4to., of Henry Howard Brownell. About the fight off Mobile Bay. ALS 3pp., 8vo., New York, Nov. 20, 1874, of J. A. A. Ward. To Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson Typewritten manuscript, author unknown, 104 pp., 4to. Copy of a letter sent by Farragut to Charles T. Chase, July 13, 1863 In addition, there is also a typewritten copy of letter from Farragut to Richard P. Ashe - in Wm.G. Cohen's Scrapbooks; 7 letters Letters to D.G. Farragut from Gideon Welles, U.S. Grant, T.A. Jenkins, J.S. Shedden; 4 letters from Loyall Farragut to T.A. Jenkins (1865-1880); and 1 letter from L.C. Smith to Helen Huntting - Aug. 10-17, 1855 re: Virginia (Loyall) Farragut.

  mssHM 26687-26867

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  Noble Family Papers

  Manuscripts

  The collection consists of correspondence, records, and other manuscripts and ephemera pertaining to the Noble family. It includes one letter from 1862; the rest of the pieces range in date from 1897 to 1969. The 30 World War II letters of Lester J. Noble, a Yeoman in the U. S. Navy, to his parents are by far the largest block of letters written by one person within a short period, and are perhaps the most significant in the collection. They discuss naval life and training during the war, life aboard ship and in the Philippines, where Lester was stationed just before and following V-J Day, as well as in his stations at Farragut, Idaho, and Port Hueneme, California. In addition, the letters provide insight into the family relationships of sailors during the Second World War. Lester's relationship with his wife, Ruth, is particularly interesting, and the letters often mention the roles of naval wives, many of whom followed their husbands from post to post until the men were sent overseas. One of Lester's post-war letters offers his thoughts on how common post-war divorces were among returning soldiers and sailors and their spouses. The other items in the collection, dating from 1897 to 1969, deal mostly with the aging of Royal H. Noble and Florence Mary Johnson Noble, including their 60th wedding anniversary party. The documents cover many aspects of the Nobles' lives in Montana and California, including ranch and agricultural business, frontier and pioneer life and history, and the Masons and Oddfellows. One letter from Gregg Noble describes some of his experiences as a member of a U.S. Army band during the Vietnam War. Four other pieces are of particular note: an 1897 diary of a trip through Yellowstone, written by Jesse Earle for Florence Noble, who went with him on the trip; Florence Noble's autograph album; notes (presumably by Florence) on a trip to Washington State to visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909; and a diary and account book kept by Roy and Florence Noble in the early 20th century. The collection also includes numerous poems, songs, jokes, and notes, as well as a radio transcript and a script for a play. The ephemera include 100 postcards, 72 photographs, approximately 70 newspaper articles, photocopies of the articles, 2 envelopes, 2 greeting cards, 5 invitations, 11 remembrance cards, 11 pieces of printed matter, and 2 other pieces of ephemera. Many of the postcards portray sights along Highway 101 (in California) mid-20th-century. The newspaper articles include obituaries and wedding announcements pertaining to the family, as well as numerous articles on Montana history, and add significantly to the collection. Author index: Adams, Beulah B. (1 piece) Barnhart, John R. (1 piece) Bystrom, Grace. (1 piece) Bystrom, Walter. (1 piece) Carter, Ethel Noble. (11 pieces) Carter, George W. (2 pieces) Carter, Janis. (2 pieces) Coulam, Henry, fl. 1925. (1 piece) Earle, Jesse, b. 1873. (1 piece) Elkins, Darla. (1 piece) Fuller, Doris. (1 piece) Grant, Connie. (1 piece) Hauk, Robert. (1 piece) Johnson, Anna M. Earle, 1847-1930. (1 piece) Johnson, Earle. (1 piece) Johnson, Hattie. (1 piece) Johnson, Reuben A., 1845-1907. (1 piece) Kettenhofen, May K. (1 piece) Klem, John J. (1 piece) Lipscomb, Glenard P. (1 piece) Moran, Arthur Patrick, 1868-1964. (1 piece) Noble, C. Earle. (3 pieces) Noble, Effie. (1 piece) Noble, Evelyn M. Smith. (1 piece) Noble, Florence Mary Johnson, 1882-circa 1969. (3 pieces) Noble, Gregg Earl. (1 piece) Noble, Iris. (1 piece) Noble, Lester J. (34 pieces) Noble, Lloyd H. (4 pieces) Noble, Rachael, fl. 1909. (2 pieces) Noble, Roy H. (Royal H.), 1878-1971. (3 pieces) Noble, Ruth. (2 pieces) Noble, Ruth Ann. (1 piece) Paquette, Donna Lee Simons. (2 pieces) Paquette, Frank. (2 pieces) Shafer, Alice,fl. 1914. (1 piece) Simons, Claude W. (1 piece) Simons, Gladys Noble, b. circa 1907. (3 pieces) Williams, Mamie. (1 piece)

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  Album of English manuscripts : poems, epigrams and letters written between 1450 and 1790 : [manuscript]

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  1. ff. 1-2. Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl. Incipit: //autem illum honorant eternam vitam hereditabunt perpetuum cuius ipsi hereditabunt paradisum sicut amenissimum ortum. Mortuorum vero resurrectio erit. Explicit: Et ipsi regnabunt cum eo in secula seculorum amen. Latin. Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl, see E. Sackur, Sibyllinische Texte und Forschungen (Halle 1898), here beginning defectively and corresponding to Sackur's edition only on pp. 180-87, from the interpretation of the 5th Sun on; what remains here of the 4th Sun (most of the first column) is expanded with respect to Sackur. For the verses, see Walther, Initia 9907. 2. f. 2r-v. [Pseudo Anselm] De conceptione beate Marie. Incipit: Anselmus cantuariensis archiepiscopus et pastor anglorum coepiscopis suis salutem et benedictionem. Conceptio veneranda sancte dei genitricis Marie fratres dilectissimi quemadmodum multa signorum experimenta in anglia et in francia ceterisque cosmi climatibus olim sit declarata me narrante audiat dilectio vestra. Helsino ramensis ecclesie abbate. Explicit: utramque sacratissimam eius conceptionem spiritualem videlicet et humanam ut ipsius suffragio a terrenis contagiis exuti conceptioni in sinu abrahe mereamur ascribi Annuente filio virginis unico domino nostro ihesu christo cui cum patre et spiritu sancto est honor et gloria in secula seculorum amen. Latin. Abbreviation of the sermon, Ps. Anselm,"De conceptione beate Marie"; PL 159:319-324. Added in the in the lower margin in a contemporary hand, an excerpt from the same sermon (but not abbreviated): the miracle of the Virgin in saving Elsinus, abbot of Ramsey, so that he could honor the feast of the Immaculate Conception ("[T]empore illo quo divine placuit pietati anglorum gente de malis suis corrigere. . .et que viderat et audierat quibus potuit notificavit."); PL 159:319-320. 3. ff. 2v-3v. [Suidas] Lexicon. Incipit: Narratio ex libro qui grece vocatur Suda quem composuerunt viri sapientes isti Eudemus rethor, helladius qui tempore Theodosii iuvenis, Eugenius Frigius, Zosimus, Gazeus. Explicit: Sed vere ut familiari amico philippo apud iudeos absconditum secretum propalavit. Latin. Other creator(s): Robert Grosseteste, translator. Grosseteste's translation of the second article of Suidas' Lexicon on Ἰησοῦς or"De probacione virginitatis beate Marie"; see S. Harrison Thomson, The Writings of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln 1235-53 (Cambridge 1940) 64-65. 4. f. 3v. [Hichecoke?] This Worlde is but a Vanyte. Incipit: How schal a mann in pes abide/ Hy hert and enuy set aside. Explicit: Eche man wel beholde his degre/ For this worlde is but a vanyte. Quod hichecoke. English. IMEV 1261. R. H. Bowers,"Hichecoke's 'This Worlde is but a Vanyte'," MLN 67 (1952) 331-33 from this manuscript, taking the signature"quod hichecoke" to be that of the author; Hichecoke may also, or only, be the scribe. Some previous printed texts have mistakenly supplied the initial"W." for"quod." On f. 4, a modern leaf, 2 transcriptions of the poem, one imitating the fifteenth century script of f. 3v, the other in a modern hand by Joseph Haslewood; f. 4v, blank. Another transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is London, Brit. Lib., Add. 11307, f. 120r-v. 5. f. 5. Incipit: As I walkyd vppon a day/ To take þe aere of feld and flowre. Explicit: And withyn his gloryus blysse thatt we all may dwell/ And geve vs there licence to lyve yn ese. English. IMEV 373. C. Brown, ed., Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century (Oxford 1939) 273-77 from this manuscript. A transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is Add. 11307, f. 121. 6. f. 5v. [John Lydgate] Dietary. Incipit: For helth of body couer fro colde þine hede/ Ete no raw mete take good heede þer too. Explicit: And all sayntes reioisyng in þe trinyte/ Bryng vs to þat hy glorious towre Amen for charyte. Rubric: A dietorie. English. IMEV 824. John Lydgate, A Dietary, printed by J[oseph] H[aslewood] in Censura Literaria 7 (London 1808) 345-49 from the 1618 edition, from London, Brit. Lib., Harley 2251 and from this manuscript, noting the variants. On f. 6, a modern leaf, a transcription by Joseph Haslewood of the 1618 edition of this poem; f. 6v, blank. Another transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is Add. 11307, ff. 124, 126. 7. 3 leaves mounted on ff. 7-9. [Francis Bryan, attributed] Proverbes of Salmon. Incipit: The proverbes of Salmon do playnly declare/ That wysdome ys the vessell that longest will endure. Explicit: When thowe spekest let men marvell at thy shamefacenes/ When thow spekest not let them wondre at thy sobernes. Withe leavinge honour to women I ende, quod Bryan. English. R. S. Kinsman,"The Proverbes of Salmon Do Playnly Declare': a Sententious Poem on Wisdom and Governance, Ascribed to Sir Francis Bryan," HLQ 42 (1978-79) 279-312;"Bryan" may also, or only, be the scribe. 8. 18 pages between ff. 9-10. The lay of Dame Sirith. Transcript of Saxon poem by J.J. Conybeare (1779-1824) from Digby manuscript 86. 9. Leaf mounted on f. 11. Incipit: Thou hidd & secret deitye I worshipp & adore/ I glorifye & honor thee devoutly more & more. Explicit: with face reveled cleare & bright yat I may blessed bee/ As yat sweet light so glorious all glory be to thee. Amen. Blessed Thomas Aquinas. Rubric: Confession & honor to the Blessed Sacrament. English. A verse translation of Thomas Aquinas, Adoro te devote latens deitas [RH 519]. On the verso of this leaf, upside down, accounts for stabling dated 1552; on the following leaf, f. 12, a modern transcription of the poem, possibly not in the hand of Joseph Haslewood. 10. 16 pages (2 blank) interleaved between ff. 13-14. A Nosegaie alwaies sweet for lovers to send for tokens of love at NewYeares tide. Appears to be a transcript made at the end of the eighteenth century of an unidentified fifteenth century source. Text is incomplete, final page ends with catchword"And". 11. Interleaved between ff. 15-16. 1 page. [Samuel Rowlands]. In condemnation of bald heads. Late eighteenth century copy. 4 pages. Arthur Saul. Game of Chess. A transcript of an unidentified pamphlet in rhyme, signed by Arthur Saul. 12. Mounted on f. 17. 3 poems including"To Rosania and Lucasia, articles of friendship" by Katherine Philips (1632-1664). 13. Interleaved beween ff. 21-22. 4 poems including: A new song on ye 25th of September. An original composition on the marriage of King James II. On the reverse is a satirical poem about the birth of the James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales (the Old Pretender) mentioning Bishops Thomas Sprat, and Nathaniel Crew. 14. 1 page mounted on f. 22v. A newe elegie on ye much lamented death of captaine Thomas Green who was executed with others of his crew under ye pretence of being a pyrate in Scotland, 11th April, 1705. 15. Mounted on f. 25. 1 page. On General Wolfe slain at the taking of Quebec on the 1t8h Sept., 1799. 1 page. On the King's illness, 1789. An epigram which references to America. Note reads:"Copied from an edition of Tom Paynes Common Sense belonging to Mr. Ritson and written on the back of the title-page in his handwriting."

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