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Nathaniel Milliken tailor's ledger
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Medical Ledger
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This ledger is an account book of patients and the fees paid for medical treatment. The author is unknown and the accounts seem to belong to several doctors; perhaps in Massachusetts. There is some mention of the treatment performed or reason for visit such as: childbirth, vaccinations, setting fractures, etc. Several pages have been cut-out of the volume. The spine is loose.
mssHM 74829
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Nathaniel Hathorne logbook
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Logbook of journey from Boston to India and return via Madeira. Includes some added notations by his son, Nathaniel Hawthorne and a note of authentication by Julian Hawthorne, 1908.
mssHM 561
Orderly book of Nathaniel Goodwin, 1778-1780, (bulk 1778, Aug. -- Dec.)
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Regimental orders, muster rolls, pay abstracts, weekly returns, communications, memorials, etc. of Nathaniel Goodwin's command. Also, some copies of communications from Gerrish's headquarters, including the "Orders issued at Winter Hill, Nov. 8, 1778," "Copy of Orders to That Captain Commanding Each Division of German Troops, Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1778," signed by Nathaniel Goodwin, a copy of the letter from William Heath to Jacob Gerrish (Boston, Nov. 1, 1778), "Rout of the German Troops from Cambridge to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on Marching," signed by James Richardson," "Rout of the British Troops from Rutland to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on March," miscellaneous diary entries, and Goodwin's letters to Nathaniel Heath, Benjamin Beals, Abram Washburn, and other officers in his detachment, chiefly regarding settling the companies' accounts. (1779-1780). Item contains 61 leaves in bound volume.
mssHM 68484
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Nathaniel Wheeler correspondence
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This collection consists of 76 letters, the majority addressed to Nathaniel S. Wheeler at various "Wild West" duty posts such as Fort Bliss, Texas and Fort Craig, New Mexico. The collection is organized chronologically.
mssHM 81470-81546
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Life of Franklin Pierce :
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Partial autograph draft (HM 10850) of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Life of Franklin Pierce (1852) including a two-page preface and pages numbered 24-39, 53-77, and 84-88 (49 pages); also present is a handwritten copy of an article about Pierce by the Chief Justice of New Hampshire, which is not in Hawthorne's hand and is inserted following page numbered 37 (9 pages). Date on preface is 1852 August 27, with location Concord, Massachusetts. Draft pages correspond to text on pages 36-65, 84-122, and 132-140 of the 1852 published edition. Also present in volume are six autograph letters signed from Nathaniel Hawthorne to publisher William D. Ticknor, 1852 August-September (HM 10851, HM 10853, HM 10856, HM 10857, HM 10858, HM 10860) and six autograph letters signed from Franklin Pierce to William D. Ticknor or to Ticknor & Co., 1852 August-September (HM 10852, HM 10854, HM 10855, HM 10859, HM 10861, HM 10862); letters primarily discuss editorial work on the draft and publication of the book. All items are inlaid in leather binding, presumably by collector William K. Bixby, with binding title: Original Manuscripts and Letters by Nathaniel Hawthorne / Life of Pierce. Volume includes Bixby's bookplate.
mssHM 10850-10862
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Nathaniel Bright Emerson Papers
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This collection contains the papers of Hawaiian physician and author Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1839-1915). The subjects covered in this collection are: Emerson family history; the American Civil War and army hospitals; Hawaiian ethnology and culture; the Hawaiian revolutions of 1893 and 1895; Hawaiian politics; Hawaiian history; Polynesian history; Hawaiian mele; the Hawaiian hula; leprosy and the leper colony on Molokai; and Hawaiian mythology and folklore. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Research Material (Boxes 1-10), consists of eight sub-series: Emerson/Peirce Family Papers; Hawaiian Antiquities; Hawaiian Revolutions of 1893 and 1895; Long Voyages of the Ancient Hawaiians; Medical Papers; Mele; Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii; and Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula. Each sub-series is arranged alphabetically by author and title. Included in this series are: notes, wills, legal papers, land deeds, marriage certificates, obituaries, biographical sketches, essays, and short stories collected or written by Emerson. The series also includes material by other individuals including Sarah Eliza Pierce Emerson, Oliver Pomeroy Emerson, Arthur Webster Emerson, William R. Castle, and Robert William Wilcox. This material covers the following subjects: Emerson and Peirce family history; Hawaiian ethnology and culture; the Hawaiian revolutions of 1893 and 1895; Hawaiian history; Hawaiian mele; leprosy and the leper colony on Molokai; Hawaiian mythology and folklore. This series contains research material and notes collected by Emerson for his monographsUnwritten Literature: The Sacred Songs of the Hula and Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii. The collection includes several handwritten and typewritten drafts of both monographs with handwritten edits by Emerson. These drafts include material that Emerson took out of the final versions and allow the reader to follow Emerson's progression in his writing and Hawaiian translations. The material on the revolutions of 1893 and 1895 includes statements and affidavits given by the men involved in the political uprisings. This series also contains photographs and ephemera. 2. Manuscripts (Boxes 11-16), are arranged alphabetically by author and title. Included in this series are short stories, essays, notes for and outlines of short stories, poetry, diaries, book reviews and speeches by Emerson. There are a few items written by other individuals. This material covers the following subjects: Hawaiian mythology and folklore; Hawaiian history; Hawaiian race relations. Three of Emerson's diaries were written during the American Civil War and give great detail of his experience in the war, including his long stays at army hospitals after he was wounded at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. This series also contains ephemera. 3. Correspondence (Boxes 17-24), is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes 699 pieces of correspondence by Emerson, the majority of his family, William R. Castle, Abraham Fornander, Frederick Webb Hodge, Davida Malo, S. Percy Smith and many others. There are 59 letters written by Emerson while he was a member of the First Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. In these Nathaniel letters, Emerson gives detailed accounts of camp life, his experience in battle, and his long stays at army hospitals after he was wounded in battle; Emerson spent several weeks in different hospitals, including the Fitz-Hue House, the Patent Office Hospital, and the Ascension General Hospital. The post-civil war letters discuss Emerson's life on the East Coast, his experience in medical school and the opening of his private practice in New York City. The letters after 1878 discuss Emerson's work on Molokai with the lepers. He often mentions Hawaii's government and the country's political problems and scandals. Emerson's correspondence continues up to a few days before his death. 4. Ephemera (Boxes 25-26), are arranged alphabetically by author and title. Included in this series are: newspaper clippings; journals; published articles collected by Emerson; canceled checks; receipts; issues of the Hawaiian periodicals The Independent (1907),The Friend (1914), and Punahou Reporter (1872). This series also includes an index card file of the items in the original collection, some of which are not included among the Emerson Papers. 5. Thirteen individually housed bound volumes (EMR 1311-1323), are arranged alphabetically by author and title. Included in this series are complete typed copies, with the author's autograph corrections, of Hawaiian Antiquities, Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii and Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula. Also included are three copies of published monographs by Emerson, a copy of The History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861 to the 25th of May, 1864: Including Brief References to the Operations of the Army of the Potomac by Warren H. (Warren Handel) Cudworth, 1825-1883, a scrapbook, a medical journal, a volume containing leprosy cases, and three letter sheet books containing copies of letters and drafts of short stories by Emerson.
mssEMR 1-1323