Manuscripts

Notebooks written during the Harriman Alaskan Expedition

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Description: Two volumes housed in red folding case.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1899 May 23-August 7.
Call number: mssHM 33770
Creator: Burroughs, John (1837-1921)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of October 1916.
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John Warly notebooks

Manuscripts

Two manuscript volumes attributed to Reverend John Warly; included are biblical passages, sermon notes, and commentaries on spiritual matters and political subjects including the English Civil War. Entries are in secretary hand, primarily in English with a small amount of Greek. The volumes are signed by Lee Warly, a descendant of John Warly; both volumes are written in two directions with the text beginning at one cover then turned over and beginning again (tête-bêche style). The volumes have worn leather covers and fragile spines, HM 83773 is especially fragile with the spine mostly lacking and the pages loose; the volumes are housed in one box for preservation purposes.

mssHM 83773-83774

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John Burroughs notebook

Manuscripts

Notebook contianing printed notices of "Wake-Robin," notes made on the South Downs of England (October 13, 1871), accounts of expenses, and miscellaneous memoranda. Annotated by Clara Barrus with 5 newspaper clippings pasted in.

mssHM 15477

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Kaibo igi

Manuscripts

A set of nine manuscript volumes assembled and edited by Shioda Jun'an. Because of Shioda's prominent family he had a wide circle of influential friends in and out of government and he collected these texts on the subject of Japan's coastal defenses against foreign vessels and their attempts to make contact. The first eight volumes contain the writings of various scholars and officials, including Asaka Gonsai, Gamō Kunpei, Hirayama Gyozo, Kamei Shōyō, Matsumoto Tokizo, Saito Setsuzo, Sakuma Shōzan, Shiotani Kozo, Takano Chōei, Tōyama Kagemoto, Watanabe Kazan, and others. The final supplementary volume contains hand-drawn, watercolor illustrations of American sailors, Commodore James Biddle, and two American vessels, probably the USS Columbus and the USS Vincennes, the two warships Biddle commanded in 1846, when he entered Edo Bay in his unsuccessful attempt to force Japan to sign a treaty with the United States. The string-bound volumes are in good condition and are housed in a modern, custom-made folding case.

mssHM 84131

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A First Family of Tasajara

Manuscripts

Two volumes in red clamshell box.

mssHM 12492

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Plan of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Manchac

Manuscripts

A sketch map of the course of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Manchac; the map is drawn in pen and ink, and colored in blue, red, and yellow. On verso is written: "Mapa del curso del Rio Misisipi, desde N. Orleans a Manchaki." Housed in small brown leather folio case.

mssHM 559

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[An essay written for the Whitman Centenary]

Manuscripts

Early draft.

mssHM 12797

Notebooks written during the Harriman Alaskan Expedition

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