Manuscripts
Francis Talbot and George Talbot letterbook of official correspondence
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Sir Francis Walsingham letterbook
Manuscripts
Copies of Walsingham's official correspondence during his embassy to France.
mssHM 416
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The Premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan medal for Francis Hopkinson
Manuscripts
In 1790, Francis Hopkinson received The Premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan medal from the American Philosophical Association, for his invention of a spring block to assist sailboats. It reads: "Awarded by the American Philosophical Assocation to Francis Hopkinson for his invention of a spring-block to assist a vessel in sailing 1790."
mssHM 84359
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Francis Johnston letterbooks
Manuscripts
The letters are written to various people by Frank Johnston from New York City in 1853 to 1857. He discusses several types of business but the letters deal chiefly with the cotton trade. Johnston talks a lot about shipments of cotton and the prices.
mssHM 78341-78342
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Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon letterbook
Manuscripts
Copies of official correspondence concerning the military defense of the North, written in Earl's official capacities as Lord President of the North and Lord Lieutenant of the northern countries
mssHM 30881
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Hugh Hughes letterbook
Manuscripts
Contains copies of the official correspondence from New York Deputy Quatermaster Hugh Hughes to his assistants.
mssHM 661
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Francis Baylies Correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection consists of a series of 48 letters sent by Francis Baylies to General John E. Wool between 1848 and 1852. Baylies writes extensively, and often scathingly, of antebellum era politics, statesmen, military operations, and military leaders. Individuals discussed (often disparagingly) in the letters include John Quincy Adams,Thomas Hart Benton, Braxton Bragg, James Buchanan, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, Caleb Cushing, George Mifflin Dallas, Jefferson Davis, Millard Fillmore, Horace Mann, William L. Marcy, Gideon Johnson Pillow, James K. Polk, Winfield Scott, William Henry Seward, Zachary Taylor, Nicholas Trist, John Tyler, J. Watson Webb, Daniel Webster, and Levi Woodbury. Baylies writes frequently of Wool's involvement at the Battle of Buena Vista, the presidential elections of 1848 and 1852, New York state politics, and general social movements, as well as revolutionary activity in Europe in 1848-1849. Also included with the collection is a letter written after Baylies's death by his brother William Baylies and two essays by an unknown author on the Canadian Rebellions of 1838, dated 1862 and possibly expanding on Baylies's earlier research on the topic.
mssHM 78727-78777