Manuscripts

Charles Green letterbook

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Description: Lettebook contaning retained copies of reports, communications, and letters of Charles Green as the commander of the Jamestown, including dispatches and reports related to the capture of the Confederate and British blockade runners Alvorado, Aiburth, Colonel Long, and Havelock and the court of inquiry on escape of the Confederate vessel Nashville. Some letters were written by Charles L. Green.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1861 May 31-July 31.
Call number: mssHM 42273
Creator: Green, Charles Larman (1814-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from Charles Tudor Green, December 1951.

Charles L. Green journal

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Journal that Charles L. Green kept between May 23, 1865 and October 31, 1869, including his service on the Miantonomoh and the Nipsic. The manuscript opens with a brief autobiographical narrative that Green composed "having lost my previous journals a short time since, by the destruction of the vessel to which I was attached." This portion of the manuscript includes a detailed account of the fire that destroyed the steamer Arizona.

mssHM 42272

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Charles A. Thackston letterbook

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Letterbook of outgoing letters sent by San Francisco merchant Charles A. Thackston from May 15, 1852, to February 13, 1853. Most of the correspondence relates to Thackston's business contacts in New York, and references shipping, power of attorney, and notes on various residents of San Francisco. Some of the correspondence appears to be personal, possibly written to Thackston's brother. In a bound letterbook labeled "Leonora Thackston, Scrap Book, 1870."

mssHM 75059

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Ina A. Green letter to "My Dear Sister,"

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In his letter to his sister, Green discusses the silver mines in Calico, CA, and also describes the Calico area. Also included with the letter is a photograph of a Death Valley twenty mule team.

mssHM 60698

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Peramus Green Ames speech to the Masonic Lodge

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This manuscript is a transcript of a speech given by Peramus Green Ames as part of his application to join the Masonic Lodge, wherein he tells of his religious beliefs. Includes one-page affidavit proclaiming membership in the Lodge for Peramus Green Ames, dated 1850, April 2, and signed by J. Cadman and A.S. Mitchell.

mssHM 49911

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Julia Boynton Green papers

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The collection consists of correspondence, poetry, articles, stories, drama, and three unpublished books by Julia Boynton Green. There are also two unpublished novels, poetry and stories written by her husband, L. (Levi) Worthington Green. Correspondents include: William Rose Benét, Jessie Benton Frémont, Charles Fletcher Lummis, and Arthur Truman Merrill.

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Levi Worthington Green and biographical notes

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