Manuscripts

David Clarkson letterbook, (bulk 1766-1775)

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Description: Letters written by David Clarkson between November 1765 and December 1780, mostly dealing with his attempts to collect debts, the property of his uncle and aunt in the Netherlands, political news, especially the consequences of the Stamp Act, settlement of the estate of a Mrs. Brockhurst; the Charity School of Trinity Church, and his brother Levinus and Matthew.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1765, November-1786, May.
Call number: mssHM 42383
Creator: Clarkson, David (1726-1782)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Also, 7 letters by David Clarkson's son Matthew (d. 1825), written between April 1785 and May 1786.

Joseph Symson commercial letterbook

Manuscripts

This manuscript volume contains 2,041 office copies of correspondence sent out, mainly, by Symson but also his sons, so the volume is written in several different hands; the letterbook covers just under a decade and includes both business and personal affairs with notes of debts owed and some family correspondence. Shortly after acquiring the letterbook in 1985, the Huntington replaced the contemporary covers which the sale catalogue described as "blind-panelled reverse calf (both covers detached and badly worn);" the original covers were preserved and are housed separately.

mssHM 50670

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"Uncle Brazil and Aunt Aurelia" to Seymour Hix

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In this letter by "Uncle Brazil and Aunt Aurelia," to their nephew Seymour Hix, Uncle Brazil talks about his visit to Yellowstone National Park: "the best time to go through the park is about the middle of September as there is no mosketoes [sic] to bother... I was at the Hot Mammoth Springs last summer twice." The author also offers to take his nephew to the park the next time Hix comes to visit them. The letter is written from Livingston, Montana.

mssHM 72178

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David Mitchell correspondence

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Correspondence of David Mitchell, chiefly letters to him from his brothers Robert, William, John, and James, his son Andrew, and other family members. There is a small group of letters of Andrew Gregg (1755-1855) addressed to his daughters Juliann and Eliza and his sons-in-law David Mitchell and Roland Curtin. The letters deal chiefly with family and business matters, with a few items discussing political affairs. Letters from Theodore Gregg (approximately 1825-1878), Captain of Company F of the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry to his friend John Lieb and his aunt Eliza Gregg Mitchell, discussing his Civil War service. Also included are three bonds signed by William, Joshua, and Josiah Dart, of Bolton, Hartford County, Connecticut (1756 to 1783).

mssDartt

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David Mitchell correspondence

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mssDartt

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Alonzo C. Jackson letters to Alonzo C. Paige and Harriet Paige

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A pair of autograph letters from Alonzo C. Jackson, a midshipman onboard the USS Shark, to his uncle, New York politician Alonzo C. Paige and to his aunt, Harriet Paige, written from Callao, Peru and describing his life in the navy, his hopes for the future, and his adventures on a hunting trip on a remote island near the equator.

mssHM 83168-83169

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Thomas Clarkson letter to Henry Clarke Wright, approximately 1846

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An autobiographical autograph letter written by Thomas Clarkson to "Dear Sir;" the letter is entitled "Extraordinary Phenomenon in the Origin of the Abolition of the Slave Trade as it relates to myself." Though the letter is addressed to "Dear Sir" there is strong evidence it was written to Henry Clarke Wright, American abolitionist. The letter recounts Clarkson's sixty year's crusade against enslavement: his efforts to end the trade of enslaved persons in Great Britain, the foundation of The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and his work with William Wilberforce. The letter is mounted on paper, with some slight staining and a crossed-out pencil profile portrait on recto of the blank leaf; also enclosed is a typewritten transcription of the letter.

mssHM 84410

David Clarkson letterbook, (bulk 1766-1775)

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