Manuscripts

R.H. Horne correspondence

Description: The collection consists of letters by Richard Hengist Horne (most of which were written from Australia) and letters to Horne from his wife, Catherine Foggo Horne, and from Margaret and Mary Gillies, among others. There are letters and documents in the collection concerning Horne's separation and divorce, and some of the letters discuss other authors, including Charles Dickens.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1847-1877
Call number: mssHM 37741-37811
Creator: Horne, R. H (1802-1884)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's, lot 460, July 24-25, 1972.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Gillies, Margaret, (1803-1887,); Gillies, Mary, (1800-1870,); Horne, Catherine Foggo,
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R.H. Horne correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters by Richard Hengist Horne (most of which were written from Australia) and letters to Horne from his wife, Catherine Foggo Horne, and from Margaret and Mary Gillies, among others. There are letters and documents in the collection concerning Horne's separation and divorce, and some of the letters discuss other authors, including Charles Dickens.

mssHM 37741-37811

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Daniel Horn papers

Manuscripts

Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.

mssHM 49539-49610

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Dame family correspondence

Manuscripts

This small group consists of eight letters from members of the Dame family, including Jeremiah Dame and William Horne Dame (1819-1884). Some of the subjects covered are William's missionary trip to England and his father's concern for him and his wife as they travel to Salt Lake City, Utah. The remaining ten pieces are legal documents and a patriarchal blessing of William Horne Dame (1819-1884) from William Smith. Also included are copies of the letters and the patriarchal blessing.

mssHM 65613-65630

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R.H. Gerard letters to Edward L. Gerard

Manuscripts

Series of letters written by R.H. Gerard from Galena, Dakota Territory, to his brother Edward L. Gerard in Suffolk County, New York. In the letters Gerard writes of trying to find various fossils and minerals (mainly quartz, particularly agate) to send back to Edward. He writes specifically of fossils and minerals in Deadwood and the Black Hills, as well as those bought and sold to a man named Charley Jones. Gerard also writes of difficulties caused by the Sioux Reservation (he writes of the Sioux that "there is a sentiment in the East that would make millionaires out of them at the expense of the whites, which I think is cutting it a little too far"), of railroads constructed in the Black Hills area ("it does not seem to increase the prosperity of this country...it was never so dull a place as it is right now"), and of a possible explosion of one of the railroad lines. Gerard also mentions the Orofino Gold Mine and Harvey Tin Company.

mssHM 74566-74575

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Charles Dickens letter to Sir James Murray

Manuscripts

An autograph letter written while Charles Dickens lived in Italy; the letter is written to the Irish physician Sir James Murray and concerns the illness of Dickens' youngest surviving daughter, Catherine (Kate) Dickens Perugini. Also included is a trimmed page with the address of Sir James Murray and a black and white engraving of Charles Dickens. The items were originally framed behind glass but were removed by Huntington Library staff.

mssHM 75953

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Walter Van Horn letter to "dear wife,"

Manuscripts

In this letter to his wife, Walter Van Horn acknowledges receipt of her last letter, and comments on the domestic details therein. He expects to return home from the war in the following spring or summer, and includes other details of his war experiences, including learning "from good authority" that Mexico will soon accept the terms proposed by the United States.

mssHM 27994

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