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The Congress of 1774
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Ferdinand III edicts
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Three resolutions (or editcs) by Ferdinand III, as well as the Electoral Council (commissio domini electi imperatoris in consilio). Signed by several people. Printed in old German script. Dated 1640, 1644, and 1645, Vienna. In fragile condition.
mssHM 80413 (a-c)
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Ferdinand J. Dreer papers, (bulk 1840-1890)
Manuscripts
A collection of 274 items which contains personal and family papers of Ferdinand J. Dreer. Included are: a typescript biography of Dreer (approximately 1895), fifty letters and documents addressed to him (including a few letters from Benson John Lossing), letters addressed to Edwin Greble Dreer, grandson of Ferdinand J. Dreer, papers related to the Wichtermans, the family of his grandparents, miscellaneous tributes in verse written in memory of Dreer family members. Also included are family photographs, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. There are a few miscellaneous documents relating to Jonathan Dickinson, first President of Princeton, and genealogies of Dreer, Annin, Miller, and Dickinson families.
mssDreer
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Frederick Ferdinand Low letter to an unknown recipient
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In this letter to an unknown recipient, Frederick Ferdinand Low expresses his happiness for recent state and national elections. He also states that the recent completion of the railroad will, in his estimation, balance the arrival of "rebels" displaced due to the recent elections. Letter is incomplete, being only the last page, and has neither addressee nor date.
mssHM 21314
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John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to Joseph Palmer :
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Adams writes from Philadelphia, "I believe no assembly ever had more extensive and complicated objects before them than our Congress. We shall be united." He discusses the two bearers of the letter, Aquilla Hall and Josias Carvill Hall of Maryland, "two young military adventurers" (probably Aquila Hall, Jr. and Josias Carvil Hall, two signers of the 1775 Bush Declaration of support for Boston and freedom).
mssHM 25026
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Miscellaneous business papers and other documents
Manuscripts
Includes: Certificate of membership, Los Angeles Bar Association, 1932-1933; Reply of Board of Public Service Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles to the proposals and accompanying documents submitted to W.W. Waterson to the Los Angeles Clearing Association; Water rights (Bear and Owens Valley), 1894 and 1924; additional miscellaneous business documents; 3 photographs; Oration delivered at Los Angeles, 1876 July 4, by James J. Eastman.
mssGraves
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Oration on the life and character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette : Delivered at the request of both houses of the Congress of the United States, before them, in the House of representatives at Washington, on the 31st December, 1834
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Extra-illustrated copy. Contains some eighty engraved portraits, plus ephemera, and autographs. Prints and portraits: Includes engraved portraits of Lafayette, George III, George Washington, George I, Louis XV, the Duke of Gloucester, Silas Deane, and others. A reproduction of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, (engraved by Illhan & Pillbrow), a depiction of the Old State House Philadelphia, a stipple engraving of the Washington Grays by C.G. Childs (Philadelphia : R. H. Hobson, 1823) after Gideon Fairman. Ephemera items include: An invitation to the Lafayette Ball in Philadelphia issued to Miss Nixon, commemorative satin ribbons: "The Nation's Guest La Fayette"; "Lafayette" (engraved and sold by J. Yaeger, first door below the Post Office), and "Tiller's La Fayette Badge. Liberty, Equality and Public Order" (copyright secured by Act of Congress Sept. 3, 1824). Includes several manuscripts. Some of the more significant manuscripts are listed in the partial contents note.
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