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John Collet correspondence

Description: This collection contains 209 pieces housed in 3 boxes. It covers letters from John Collet and Joseph Brame, his vice-consul, to William Dean Poyntsz, British charge d'affaires in Turin, Italy. It touches upon European commercial and military news, including the actions of American privateers in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and news of the American Revolution.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1776-1779
Call number: mssHM 45718-45911
Creator: Collet, John (active 1776-1779)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros., Nov. 3, 1976.

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This collection contains 209 pieces housed in 3 boxes. The collection is arranged chronologically. It covers letters from John Collet and Joseph Brame, his vice-consul, to William Dean Poyntz, British charge d'affaires in Turin, Italy. It touches upon European commercial and military news, including the actions of American privateers in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and news of the American Revolution.

mssHM 45718-45911

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Collet, John (b). Letter to William Deane Poyntz

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HM 45765

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M. Dangerfield letters to Mrs. Osborne

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A series of 32 chatty letters from Mrs. "M. Dangerfield" of Goodrich in Herefordshire to her friend "Mrs. Osborne" of Monks Mill near Wotton Underedge in Gloucestershire, conveying a great deal of local news about their families, mutual friends and neighbors, ill-health, social entertainments, local travels, visits to local spas and towns (chiefly Bath, Cheltenham and Gloucester), the weather and state of the roads, and the progress of repairs to a vacant house in Goodrich owned by Mrs. Osborne, for whom the Dangerfields seem to have acted as occasional care-takers. There are passing references to county elections, highwaymen, the progress of the American War for Independence and rumors of American privateers, hostilities with France, and a local military camp set up near Winchester. Also included is one letter to Mrs. Osborne from Mr. Henry Dangerfield.

mssHM 60961-60993

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John C. Gowan letter to William Barton

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An autograph letter written and signed by John C. Gowan from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico to William Barton in Providence, Rhode Island in early 1888. The letter contains important observations on the development of southern California and northern Mexico. Gowan writes of the temperate climate and how it helped with his chronic medical condition; he also goes on at length about the business opportunities in southern California, particularly Pasadena. He relays news of the church he and his congregation built in Baja California, and that it is slowly growing; Gowan also provides details about the fertile land and the crops which were grown in the area. He describes the United States business development by the International Company of Mexico and the plans to build railroads, roads, and telegraph lines. The letter has a small hole burned into the second page but overall it is in good condition.

mssHM 84049

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