Manuscripts
Certificate of land warrant
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A proclamation
Manuscripts
This address confirms that the people of California be able to live their lives in peace, without fear of disturbance by the military or any other parties. It was adapted into a declaration of independence of the short-lived Republic of California.
mssHM 4116
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Historical discourses: manuscript
Manuscripts
Historical accounts of various aspects of Charles I's life and the Civil Wars, by the King's secretary. The manuscript was put together by Walker's daughter Barbara, and first published in 1705 by Walker's grandson, Hugh Clopton.
mssHM 731
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Robert Humphries: certification of land warrant
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters (including 1 letter book), manuscripts (including 50 diaries), documents (including 55 account books, 12 cash books, and 5 miscellaneous volumes), and photographs related to the lives and activities of various Janin family members and the extended Janin-Blair-Jesup-Croghan families. Subject matter in the collection includes: politics and government in Washington, D.C., and Louisiana; society and customs in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans; Blair House (Washington, D.C.); land titles in Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Missouri; the Ocean Canal and Transportation Company, which ran from Louisiana to St. Louis; the history of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, from the time of purchase by John Croghan in 1839 until 1932, when it became a national park (at which time Violet Blair Janin was the primary owner); and mining in Australia. Persons represented in the collection include: James Lawrence Blair, Mary Jesup Blair, Violet Blair Janin, John Croghan, William Croghan, Albert Covington Janin, Louis Janin, Julia Clark Jesup, Thomas Sidney Jesup, George M. Wheeler, and Lucy James Blair Wheeler. Organizations represented in the collection (with which Violet Blair Janin was affiliated) include: Daughters of the American Revolution, National Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, National Cathedral Association, National Society of Children of the American Revolution, and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
mssJaninf
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Hungarian Fund Bond Certificate
Manuscripts
This bond certificate was printed as a part of a fund raising effort for Hungarian independence during Lajos Kossuth's tour of the United States in 1852. This bond was engraved by Danforth Bald & Company of New York and Philadelphia. It is for $1.00. With the engraved signature of Lajos Kossuth.
mssHM 82546
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Franklin Dickerson Walker papers
Manuscripts
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, ephemera and photographs, mostly pertaining to Walker's biographical research on Jack London (1876-1916). Included within the collection are copies of letters written by Jack London and his wife, Charmian London.
mssHM 45153-45237
City of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania: Loan of the city of Philadelphia. Certificate No. 3944
Visual Materials
Image of a municipal loan certificate issued by the City of Philadelphia and made out in manuscript to Henry A. Snyder on September 5, 1878, with signatures of the president, cashier, and transfer officer of the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank and the Philadelphia City Controller, future Pennsylvania Governor Robert E. Pattison; eight surrounding vignettes including a view of Independence Hall, and the adjacent Old City Hall building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at top center; head-and-shoulder portraits of George Washington, at upper left, Benjamin Franklin, at lower left, Henry Clay, at upper right, and William Penn, at lower right; and vignettes of a blacksmith standing before an anvil and hammer, at center left, and a young barefoot woman holding sheaves of grain above her head with a scythe behind her.
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