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Peramus Green Ames speech to the Masonic Lodge

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Description: This manuscript is a transcript of a speech given by Peramus Green Ames as part of his application to join the Masonic Lodge, wherein he tells of his religious beliefs. Includes one-page affidavit proclaiming membership in the Lodge for Peramus Green Ames, dated 1850, April 2, and signed by J. Cadman and A.S. Mitchell.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1850.
Call number: mssHM 49911
Creator: Ames, Peramus Green(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Luella S. Ames Howe, 1935, December 3.
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Peramus Green Ames letter to Sarah Ann Ames

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In this letter to his wife, Peramus Green Ames regerts not being able to return home sooner. He promises to send money to keep her and their children comfortable, and promises to write twice a month. Dated December 12-28, 1852. Also included on the letter's final page is a note to Mrs. Ames from her sister, dated 1852, April 18.

mssHM 16549

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Peramus Green Ames diary of an overland journey

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This is the manuscript journal of Peramus Green Ames, kept during his travels from the Missouri River to California. He reaches California in August 1850, and soon begins mining for gold. He departs for home by ship on October 1, 1853. Includes several pages of financial figures and notes. Journal is dated May 6, 1850 through November 1, 1853.

mssHM 49912

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Ames-Mercantile

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Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers of Oliver Ames. The letters, chiefly addressed to Ames, deal with the sale of stock, railroad mergers, etc. Included are items relating to the Union Pacific Railroad; Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railway Company; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company; and a brokerage firm Pickering & Mosely. The papers also deal with the estate of Oliver Ames and his father Oakes Ames. There is also correspondence by American financier Samuel Carr.

mssHM 49276-49346

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Oliver Ames business papers

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mssHM 49276-49346

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Ina A. Green letter to "My Dear Sister,"

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In his letter to his sister, Green discusses the silver mines in Calico, CA, and also describes the Calico area. Also included with the letter is a photograph of a Death Valley twenty mule team.

mssHM 60698

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Charles L. Green journal

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Journal that Charles L. Green kept between May 23, 1865 and October 31, 1869, including his service on the Miantonomoh and the Nipsic. The manuscript opens with a brief autobiographical narrative that Green composed "having lost my previous journals a short time since, by the destruction of the vessel to which I was attached." This portion of the manuscript includes a detailed account of the fire that destroyed the steamer Arizona.

mssHM 42272

Peramus Green Ames speech to the Masonic Lodge

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