Manuscripts

William Marton Gable correspondence

Description: The William Marton Gable correspondence consists primarily of letters from Gable to his mother, Martha Gable and his sister from 1852 to 1886. The letters cover the entire period of Gable's service in the Union Army and contain descriptions of the camp life, hospitals, the military actions, including the bombardment of Fort Pulaski and the Battle of South Mountain. Also included are two prewar promissory notes, Gable's disability discharge, and letters from Gable's chaplain and commanding officers regarding the circumstances of his death and pension rights.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1852-1886
Call number: mssHM 49347-49419
Creator: Gable, William Marton (1835-1864)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William H. Allen, January 1983.
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Correspondence

Manuscripts

The William Marton Gable correspondence consists primarily of letters from Gable to his mother, Martha Gable and his sister from 1852 to 1864. The letters cover the entire period of Gable's service in the Union Army and contain descriptions of the camp life, hospitals, the military actions, including the bombardment of Fort Pulaski and the Battle of South Mountain. Also included are two prewar promissory notes, Gable's disability discharge, and letters from Gable's chaplain and commanding officers regarding the circumstances of his death and pension rights.

mssHM 49347-49419

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Official correspondence, copies

Manuscripts

Copies and extracts from letter books: Officers' Letters; Letters to Officers of Ships of War; Letters of the Brazil Squadron; Papers Relating to the Brazil Squadron, and others, 1853-1884. Copies concern a controversy relating to the sue of the Episcopal liturgy by the Navy; in the hand of Captain Roswell Randall Hoes, Chaplain, U.S.N.

mssHM 196

Ranch Home of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Encino, Cal

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Image of the ranch home of actor Clark Gable and actress Carole Lombard with surrounding trees and hills in Encino, California.

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William Rathbone correspondence

Manuscripts

A collection of 33 items from 1760 to 1809, it consists largely of a series of letters written from 1800 to 1807 by William Rathbone to Abraham Shackleton. The letters concern items of general Quaker interest, including Quaker principles and doctrine, and particularly the controversial publication of Rathbone's "A Narrative of Events...in Ireland..." The collection also includes a small number of manuscripts, notes, and one volume.

mssHM 80363-80395

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

Papers and correspondence of John Fiske. Included are manuscripts and proof sheets of his books, articles, lectures and other works on history, theology, and education, his literary works, musical compositions, and some documents. The professional and personal correspondence includes letters from Fiske to his wife Abby Morgan Fiske, mother Mary Fiske Bound Green Stoughton, Henry Holt, Henry A. Richmond, James Grant Wilson, and others. There are also letters to Fiske's step-father E. W. Stoughton. Some of the volumes have the bookplates of William Bixby and William F. Gable.

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

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William Marton Gable correspondence

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