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Manuscripts
Account of the state of France: manuscript
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Account of the life of Plummer Edward Jefferis as recollected and written by his daughter Ida J. Fitzgerald. The account includes a voyage to California in 1850 via New York and by steamer to the isthmus of Panama where he suffered from a form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River before finally reaching San Francisco and the gold fields and mining towns. He returned to his dry-goods business in Philadelphia, married and had a child (the author) before returning to California in 1854 by the same route. In Moore's Flat, Nevada County he purchased horses and started a livery stable business while continuing with placer mining. The account details the adventurous trip undertaken by his wife and baby daughter to join him in Moore's Flat and describes the family's life there and his success with the livery stable and stage lines. The account goes on to describe the family's move to and hardships in Meadow Lake. The account further documents his fortunes and moves to Graniteville, North Bloomfield, San Francisco, Vallejo and finally Oakland.
mssHM 31175
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The first 13 pages of Clymer's manuscript contain notes from his journals, with random observations, about his time in Southern California, including Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Monterey. Clymer talks about the people he sees, their clothes, customs, dwellings, etc. He also describes California's weather, landscape, agriculture and crops. The remaining 83 pages are written in a narrative style and concern Clymer's time in South America, including Peru, Bolivia and Chile. Clymer also briefly discusses the political history of the area, touching on the Peru-Bolivian Confederation in the late 1830s, and mentioning the lengthy string of wars fought in Peru and elsewhere since independence from Spain; as well as, the effects of civil war in Bolivia. He also talks about his voyage in the Pacific, the sea creatures he sees, the calmness of the Pacific Ocean, etc. The manuscript has numerous corrections and additions, indicating that Clymer perhaps intended it for publication, or at least for a more personal public audience.
mssHM 72090
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A collection of 54 items which includes letters from Sir Charles Cornwallis to Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, Sir John Hobart and others, dealing chiefly with his private financial and family affairs, lawsuits, and patronage. There are a few letters (but little information) about Spain, where he was resident ambassador from 1605 to 1609, and about Parliamentary elections. In addition to the letters there is a small amount of documents, including documents relating to Cornwallis family history.
mssHM 47873-47925
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A collection of 54 items which includes letters from Sir Charles Cornwallis to Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, Sir John Hobart and others, dealing chiefly with his private financial and family affairs, lawsuits, and patronage. There are a few letters (but little information) about Spain, where he was resident ambassador from 1605 to 1609, and about Parliamentary elections. In addition to the letters there is a small amount of documents, including documents relating to Cornwallis family history.
mssHM 47873-47925
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HM 83966: George Bentley addresses "Dear Sir" on November 6, 1893. In this letter, Bentley asks the addressee for additional copies of his book After Business. He states he gave away all but 1 of the 100 copies printed. He also asks about a "Mr. Howell." HM 83967: Writing from Tenby Wales, George Bentley addresses "Mr. Cousens" on March 10. Bentley inquires Cousens about the status of a proof and asks to him to sign his name in full at the bottom.
mssHM 83966-83967
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A manuscript account of the Grand Tour by George Henry Errington. He and his new wife Elizabeth, a recently married couple from England's landed gentry, traveled through France and Italy with Rome being their main destination. This is not a conventional account, and it is distinguished in two ways: Errington's interest in interpreting modern Italy through the lens of literature he had read, classical and modern, with specific passages copied into the account; also, the couple traveled in the years between the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, when peace made it possible for the English to travel in Europe. The largely undated volume also includes notations on the posts, English Miles, time and expenses, and the state of the inns at each stop. On his return to England Errington then interleaved his notes with fresh paper (watermarked 1803) and added yet further to his original notes with the whole bound in half calf a few years later. The volume has a damaged spine and two manuscript descriptions laid into the front of the volume.
mssHM 83751