Manuscripts
James M. Barrie letters
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James M. Barrie letters
Manuscripts
The collection contains ninety-eight letters written by Barrie to his agent, Reginald Edward Golding Bright. The letters are both brief and official and concern themselves with production aspects of Barrie's plays such as royalties, contracts, revivals, and casting decisions.
mssHM 40736-40833
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J. M. Seibert letterbook
Manuscripts
The letterbook includes both personal and business correspondence of J. M. Seibert, the Wells, Fargo & Company general agent in Mexico City. Subjects discussed are: William Jennings Bryan, Edward Henry Harriman, John J. Valentine, and real estate, copper, gold, and silver mining, coffee plantations, and business schemes in Mexico. There are also detailed descriptions of Mexico, and more specifically, Mexico City. The majority of the letters deal with Seibert's personal investments and business dealings; although some of the discussion pertains to Wells, Fargo & Company's investments and real estate purchases
mssHM 63953
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Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa letters to Felipe Barri and Felipe de Neve
Manuscripts
This set of four letters deals with various aspects of administration of the Spanish colonies of New Spain, including the missions. HM 16573 and HM 16574 (which also contain photograph facsimiles) are addressed to Felipe Barri, and dated November 30, 1771 and June 4, 1772. HM 16575 and HM 16576 are addressed to Felipe de Neve, and dated November 12, 1774 and March 26, 1776. In Spanish.
mssHM 16573-16576
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James B. Pinker letters
Manuscripts
The collection consists of 61 letters addressed to the literary agent James Brand Pinker or to his sons, Eric (1891-1973) and Ralph (1900-1959), from a number of literary figures. The letters mostly discuss business matters handled through Pinker's London or New York offices. The collection includes letters from Freda Uhl Strindberg concerning the legal and financial affairs of Russian writer Mikhail Petrovich Art︠s︡ybashev (1878-1927); there are also letters in the collection concerning the affairs of writer Arnold Bennett.
mssHM 42393-42453
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James M. Smith papers, (bulk 1850-1889)
Manuscripts
This collection consists primarily of correspondence and covers all aspects of James M. Smith's family and business life. As such there is considerable correspondence from fellow Buffalo lawyers seeking opinions on legal issues and regarding financial matters such as those dealing with banks, real property, and real estate investment. Among the family correspondence there is a great deal from Smith's father, Harvey Douglass Smith, as well as letters describing the family trip to Europe in 1878. Of particular interest are Smith's notes on the self-appointment of Samuel Cheever (1787-1874) as Albany district attorney in 1837. The breadth and detailed nature of the correspondence represented in this collection illuminates the social life and customs, as well as the church history of Erie County and Buffalo
mssSmithJM