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Transcript : Hi-Jolly

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Description: The story of Hi Jolly, also known as Hadji Ali or Hi Jolly, Philip Tedro who came to Arizona as a camel driver for the U.S. Government in 1857 in an unsuccessful U.S. War Department attempt to use camels as beasts of burden in the Arizona desert. With Edward Fitzgerald Beale, he helped survey a wagon road between Fort Defiance and the California border, bridging the final gap in a transcontinental highway. Hi Jolly died on January 23, 1903, aged 75 years.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1945, May.
Call number: mssHM 48987
Creator: Winsor, Mulford (1874-1956)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Augusta Flake, transferred from HEH Archives, August, 1983.
Dimensions: 27 cm

The gentle craft's complaint: or, the jolly shoe-makers humble petition to the Queen and Parliament with their great hopes of the advancement of each leather trade. Tune of, Now, now comes on the glorious year

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ESTC T40712 ; Imprint suggested by cataloger. ; Verse - "The jolly shoemakers, 'tis said,". ; In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by lines of ornamental type.

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Electus Backus diary

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The diary (48 pages), which covers November 23, 1851-April 18, 1852, details Backus's experience as commander of Fort Defiance, Arizona, and particularly the army's interactions with the Navajo, the Hopi, and the Apache Indians, including the Indians coming to the fort to trade and buy supplies, Backus's relationships with various Navajo chiefs, and failed treaty negotiations with the Navajo by Edwin Sumner and Territorial Governor James S. Calhoun. Backus also describes his frustration with late supply shipments, his fear that his troops will starve, and the various problems brought on with the winter weather including the death of cattle and horses. Backus also mentions gold and "jewel" mines in the area

mssHM 66248

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William Henry Harrison, headquarters at St. Mary's, letter to Isaac Shelby, Frankfort, Kentucky :

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Harrison writes to the governor of Kentucky during the War of 1812, discussing his appointment as commander of the northwestern army and a proposed expedition to Detroit. He also discusses the conduct cases of Major Bodly (presumably Thomas Bodley) and Mr. Eastland. Harrison mentions reported activities of Native Americans in the area of Brownstown, Michigan, and the army's goal of sweeping them "from Brownstown to the Rapids." Postscript in Harrison's hand discusses new intelligence about actions at Fort Defiance and his subsequent plans.

mssHM 23010

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Research notes, transcripts, ephemera, and misc. materials

Manuscripts

Letters, diaries, essays, and other papers of Samuel Frank Dexter. The large portion of the collection consists of the letters that Dexter wrote to his children during the 1901 trip to California. The almost daily letters describe in minute detail their experiences and observations of various parts of California such as Alameda County, Bakersfield, Kern County, La Jolla, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Mount Lowe, Pasadena, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Gabriel, San Pedro, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz County, and Santa Monica. The letters also contain descriptions of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, the California coast, and North Mexico. He also wrote frequently along their railroad trip to California, describing such places as Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, and Iowa.

mssHM 65822-65938

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Journal Transcriptions

Manuscripts

The collection of approximately 121 items consists of H.H. Beauchamp's Journals with typewritten transcriptions for the years 1870-1907, in which he wrote extensively about family matters, as well as, his travels, often pasting in photos, newspaper clippings and other printed material about the places he visited; the collection also includes letters written by Beauchamp, mainly to his wife, Elizabeth Lassetter Beauchamp, and other family members. A second major part of the collection is the Elizabeth Mary, Countess Russell, Address book, correspondence, with one letter by George Moore, ephemera and manuscripts, which consist of two typewritten copies and printed proof sheets of her novel, "Mr. Skeffington."

mssHM 77555-77664

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[Adams, Donna]. Typed transcripts of materials by Samuel Frank Dexter

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mssHM 65822-65938

Transcript : Hi-Jolly

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[Adams, Donna]. Typed transcripts of materials by Samuel Frank Dexter