Manuscripts

George Gostling letterbook

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Description: Letterbook of George Gostling, Doctors Commons proctor for prize administrations in High Court of Admiralty. The volume has a modern binding, with the label of Robert A. Cassall, Stationer, pasted onto inside front cover; there is some water damage, especially in the beginning of the volume, with some loss of text.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1778-1787.
Call number: mssHM 55660
Creator: Great Britain(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, October 29, 1993.
Dimensions: 33 x 21 cm :

Joseph Symson commercial letterbook

Manuscripts

This manuscript volume contains 2,041 office copies of correspondence sent out, mainly, by Symson but also his sons, so the volume is written in several different hands; the letterbook covers just under a decade and includes both business and personal affairs with notes of debts owed and some family correspondence. Shortly after acquiring the letterbook in 1985, the Huntington replaced the contemporary covers which the sale catalogue described as "blind-panelled reverse calf (both covers detached and badly worn);" the original covers were preserved and are housed separately.

mssHM 50670

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Charles A. Thackston letterbook

Manuscripts

Letterbook of outgoing letters sent by San Francisco merchant Charles A. Thackston from May 15, 1852, to February 13, 1853. Most of the correspondence relates to Thackston's business contacts in New York, and references shipping, power of attorney, and notes on various residents of San Francisco. Some of the correspondence appears to be personal, possibly written to Thackston's brother. In a bound letterbook labeled "Leonora Thackston, Scrap Book, 1870."

mssHM 75059

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Frederick Thomas Perris letterbook

Manuscripts

Letterbook kept by Fred Thomas Perris while he worked as an agent for Cronyn and Perris, general merchandise of Salt Lake City. The volume references Perris' Mormon customers, including Brigham Young. It includes entries from New York, St. Louis, and North Platte, Nebraska, among other cities.

mssHM 35296

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Letterbook of correspondence with Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, Sir Henry Griffith and other Yorkshire officials regarding military affairs in wapentakes of Buckrose and Dickering

Manuscripts

Letterbook of correspondence between Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, then Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, the Privy Council, and various sheriff, bailiffs, and Justices of the Peace, mainly Sir Henry Griffith, and other Yorkshire officials. The correspondence deals with military affairs in wapentakes of Buckrose and Dickering; also, with muster lists, assessments, papers regarding poor relief, etc., copies of letters from Sir Thomas Postumus Hobby, Matthew Hutton and others. The letter book is in two volumes: Vol. I - 131 pages, 33 x 23 cm., sewn into a fragment of a 15th century manuscript on vellum; Vol. II - 44 pages, 30 x 21 cm., both volumes with damaged pages and loss of text.

mssHM 50657

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Sir George Pocock letterbook

Manuscripts

Letterbook of Pocock's outgoing correspondence during the operations of the Seven Years' War, including reports of the battles of Cuddalore (1758, Apr. 29), Negapatam, (1758, Aug. 3), the siege of Madras (1758, Dec.- 1759, Feb.), the battle of Pondisherry (1759, Sep. 10); and the siege of Havana. Correspondents include the Secretaries of State for Northern and Southern Departments Robert D'Arcy, the 4th earl of Holderness and William Pitt, Secretary to the Admiralty John Clevland, and others.

mssHM 1000

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William B. Rice letterbook

Manuscripts

This letterbook contains about 75 letters written by William B. Rice while doing business in Hawaii. He makes references to various aspects of Hawaiian life; an outbreak of smallpox; possible annexation by the United States; Hawaiian royalty; Judge William Little Lee; whaling; finances; ships arriving in Honolulu; and business and commerce in the islands. Note: Many of the letters are almost illegible; much of the ink has faded, and the volume is in fragile condition.

mssHM 75981

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