Manuscripts

George A. Sargent diary of a bugler

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Description: With a transcription of diary (done by Speer Morgan), a mauscript about George A. Sargent's descendants, a photograph of Sargent and a photograph of his son, Albert Nichols, and a image of the Sargent family Coat-of-Arms.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1861-1865.
Call number: mssHM 50916
Creator: Sargent, George A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Gary Hendershott, April 1985.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Tree of Sargent : typescript

Manuscripts

Manuscript regarding the geneaology of the Sargent family. It contains a family tree.

mssHM 84230

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A. A. Sargent letter to Ulysses Simpson Grant

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In this letter to President Grant, Sargent recommends Judge Settle to become "Judge, Florida." With printed letterhead of the United States Senate Chamber.

mssHM 21333

Book of Hours, use of Besançon[?] : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-115 [Book of Hours]: f. 1, blank; f. 1v, coat of arms; ff. 2-13v: Full calendar in French alternating red, blue and gold entries; ff. 14-20v: Pericopes of the Gospels, a suffrage of Catherine of Alexandria; ff. 21-24v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 25-27v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 28-70v: Hours of the Virgin, of undetermined use; ff. 71-85v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 86-109v: Office of the Dead, use of Besançon; ff. 110-114v: Obsecro te and O Intemerata; f. 115: coat of arms; f. 115v, blank.

mssHM 1137

Coat of arms page from Harry Chandler tribute book

Manuscripts

Black and white photograph of a page of the Harry Chandler book of appreciation from the Times employees on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the newspaper. The page features the Chandler family coat of arms over the motto, "Ad Mortem Fidelis."

mssLAT 01253

Harry Chandler tribute book and three related items

Manuscripts

Black and white photograph of tribute book and three related items presented to Harry Chandler by the Times employees on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the newspaper, including a leather(ette) folder which contained the coat of arms and the dedication page. May Goodan Collection.

mssLAT 01445

Joseph Nichols diary, 1758-1766

Manuscripts

Journal kept by Joseph Nichols during May -- Nov. 1758. Long, detailed daily entries describe the formation of the company and regiment, the march from Farmingham, Mass. to Ticonderoga, military operations, including the battle of Carrillon; the commanding officers -- Jonathan Bagley, James Abercromby, Robert Rogers, Rufus Putnam, and others; regimental news and camp life, courts martial and punishments meted out for various transgressions, sickness, etc. Also included is a roster of Taplin's company. The rest of the manuscript contains miscellaneous daily entries, accounts, promissory notes, and a recipe "How to Make Ink;" this portion covers the period from Mar. 22, 1759 to May 1766. There is also the following title (crossed out): "Fortunatus Nichols Aboard the Cutter September 23. I Begun a journal." Also included are 9 receipts, promissory notes, etc. by Joseph and Fortunatus Nichols.

mssHM 89

George A. Sargent diary of a bugler

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