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Certificate of record

Description: A collection of American Civil War correspondence between John A. Gilmore, his parents, and his siblings. Also included is a "Certificate of Record" of John A. Gilmore issued by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society (1906).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1906
Call number: mssHM 58021-58066
Creator: Gilmore, John A (1840-1911)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Scott Winslow and Associates, Lot 557, July 1998.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

John A. Gilmore letters

Manuscripts

A collection of American Civil War correspondence between John A. Gilmore, his parents, and his siblings. Also included is a "Certificate of Record" of John A. Gilmore issued by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society (1906).

mssHM 58021-58066

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John A. Gilmore letters

Manuscripts

mssHM 58021-58066

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Biography and certificates for Alonzo Orson Perry

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Collection of items related to Alonzo Orson Perry and Mormon history. Includes a biography of Perry by Almeda Perry Brown, a family history of his wife Ann Janette Stowell Perry (1849-1912), a mission certificate signed by Brigham Young (1876), a certificate of his residence at Mill Ward in the Uintah Stake (1899), a copy of a certificate of his ordination as high priest (1907), Also includes a printed pamphlet of a revelation given through John Taylor relating to George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant and copies of two photographs of Egyptian papyrus reputed to be Joseph Smith's Book of Abraham.

mssHM 74300-74306

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Certificate of cattle brand and mark granted to Ignacio [María] Alvarado

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Certificate issued by the Recorder for the county of Los Angeles certifying as lawful, the brand and mark of Ignacio Alvarado. Signed once by County Clerk/Recorder Charles R. Johnson concerning the brand and mark and again with his signature and seal of the County of Los Angeles. Document contains illustrations of the earmark and brand.

mssHM 35260

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Letters and manuscripts of William H. Smyley

Manuscripts

Set of letters and manuscripts related to Captain William H. Smyley and his time in and around the Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Includes an undated letter from Smyley to William Rawson offering his services as an expert adviser on the Indians, climate, and landscape of the "coast of Patagonia," should Rawson wish to "form a settlement in any part of the Straits [of Magellan]"; a certificate awarded to Smyley by the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society for "great personal risk" in saving the "lives of your fellow creatures" (1851); a letter from Assistant U.S. Secretary of State John Appleton granting Smyley permission to leave Port Stanley to rescue sailors shipwrecked in the Straights of Magellan, with admiration for his "zealous and humane efforts for the rescue of seamen in distress, and the protection of American property" (1859); a letter from Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Frederick William Seward commending Smyley's rescue of three boats' crew who "but for your benevolent efforts would have perished at sea, or on the sterile coast of Patagonia" (1863); and an undated receipt for payment to Smyley "on account of the Public Service."

mssHM 80137-80141

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T. J. Thompson certificates

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First certificate is an appointment for T. J. Thompson to Corporal in Co "D," 1st regiment of the Nebraska National Guard. It was issued on 1887, Sep. 19 in Beatrice, Nebraska by Colonel O. H. Phillips. HM 75978.

mssHM 75978-75979

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